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B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby B77W-QOTS » Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:09 am

http://dannews.co.nz/2011/11/12/picsvid ... -auckland/

The B787's first time to our 'neck of the woods' it arrives in Sydney on Tuesday and Melbourne on Thursday, will no doubt have my own pics when it comes to Melbourne.
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Postby B77W-QOTS » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:04 am

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-new ... 1nhai.html

Tomorrow she arrives in Melbourne :D
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Postby schmusimausi73 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:01 pm

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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby B77W-QOTS » Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:28 am

N787BA on final approach to Melbourne International Airport runway 27

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ZA001 which was the first B787-800 produced.
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Postby schmusimausi73 » Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:55 am

Beautiful!
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby Gabriel » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:57 am

Still with the trailing cone? No wonder it's an awful tail.
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby B77W-QOTS » Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:52 am

Firstly I would love to thank BOEING staff onboard N787BA for giving me a guided tour onboard the aircraft tonight, will have a alot more pictures up tomorrow of both exterior and interior, stay tuned ;)
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby Giles » Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:06 pm

Great picture Marty.
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby B77W-QOTS » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:16 am

Pictures as promised................ENJOY ;)

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Postby B77W-QOTS » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:19 am

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The B787 really is a stunning aircraft and look forward to one day travelling on it, once again thanks to the BOEING staff for allowing me on board and giving me a tour of the aircraft, it was much appreciated
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby DeskFlyer » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:44 am

Nice pics - thank you Marty.
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby B77W-QOTS » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:56 am

Nice pics - thank you Marty.

0930 departure tomorrow morning desky if you want to see it.
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby DeskFlyer » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:07 am

I wish I'd bothered to find out what time it was coming in yesterday - if it landed on 27 I would have had a nice view of the approach from my yard.
0930 on a Saturday is highly unlikely, but thanks for the heads up.
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby B77W-QOTS » Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:33 am

I wish I'd bothered to find out what time it was coming in yesterday - if it landed on 27 I would have had a nice view of the approach from my yard.
0930 on a Saturday is highly unlikely, but thanks for the heads up.
No worries.
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Postby Not_Karl » Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:41 am

Beautiful pictures, Marty! :clap:
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby PurduePilot » Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:28 am

ZA005 has a lot more international flags and souvenirs.
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby GlennAB1 » Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:09 am

Still with the trailing cone? No wonder it's an awful tail.
Concur!

Maybe the wing box engineer can give us some insight into why that thing is still hanging out.... could be for RVSM cert?
you still have to find a crew willing to fly this "barely airworthy" heap
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby Ancient Mariner » Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:11 am

Exellent pictures, Marty! Good looking aeroplane, 3/4 of it. Nice snout, very nice wings, cool engine cowlings, but................the tail. :shock: It looks wrong somehow, don't know what is is, proportions? Very, very wrong. I blame the Americans.
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby GlennAB1 » Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:46 am

The horizontal stabilizer looks misplaced, smaller and farther aft than some.
you still have to find a crew willing to fly this "barely airworthy" heap
no such thing as "barely airworthy" it's either Airworthy or Not
100% incorrect Ever hear of Ferry Permit? issued for Non airworthy aircraft
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby Ancient Mariner » Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:55 pm

The horizontal stabilizer looks misplaced, smaller and farther aft than some.
Good point, might be it.
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby OldSowBreath » Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:41 pm

Great pictures. That's a remarkably uncluttered flight deck.

By trailing cone, do you mean the cone shaped assembly at the very end of the fuselage, or that weird plumb line hanging down from the rudder?
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby GlennAB1 » Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:20 pm

By trailing cone, do you mean the cone shaped assembly at the very end of the fuselage......
You mean the APU exhaust nozzle/cone?
you still have to find a crew willing to fly this "barely airworthy" heap
no such thing as "barely airworthy" it's either Airworthy or Not
100% incorrect Ever hear of Ferry Permit? issued for Non airworthy aircraft
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby Giles » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:09 pm

That's a remarkably uncluttered flight deck.
where are the standby instruments?
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby PurduePilot » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:20 pm

That's a remarkably uncluttered flight deck.
where are the standby instruments?
It is quite clean. The FMS and maintenance computing functions are remarkably intuitive as well.
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Re: B787 New Zealand/Australia Tour

Postby GlennAB1 » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:31 pm

The "Integrated Electronic Standby Instrument" is a "three-in-one" instrument combining attitude, airspeed and altitude indications on a single LCD display.
you still have to find a crew willing to fly this "barely airworthy" heap
no such thing as "barely airworthy" it's either Airworthy or Not
100% incorrect Ever hear of Ferry Permit? issued for Non airworthy aircraft
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