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aeronca65t

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A friend of mine is a retired VP from Boeing. He just sent me this and I thought is was sort of cool.
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SEATTLE, July 7, 2007 As part of its 787 Premiere, Boeing honored its 7-Series family of airplanes with a special show featuring customers Boeing-produced airplanes today in Seattle.

The airplanes on display at Boeing Field included an Omega Air 707; AirTran Airways 717; FedEx 727; Alaska Airlines 737-800; Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Flying Test Bed 747-200; Continental Airlines 757; Delta Air Lines 767; and Air France 777-300ER (Extended Range). In addition, the Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter was on static display.

Each airplane (707 through the 777) took off from Paine Field, adjacent to Boeings Everett, Wash., facility, and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle in sequence of airplane model numbers matching to time, beginning with the 707 landing at 7:07 p.m. Pacific time. This special display was part of a Boeing-sponsored event held at The Museum of Flight as part of the weekends activities for the 787 Premiere. For more information about Boeings 787 Premiere, visit https://www.boeing.com or https://www.newairplane.com.

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Nice shot. Interesting! I'm waiting to see the new carbon fiber 777. Could possibly change the entire industry. If American buys them, they'll have to change their thought on polished aircraft.
 
paul161, man thats loots of "luminum" sittin there,i think alot of countrys will be buying them specially since "airbus" is still having some problems. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/savewave.gif
 
PAUL161 said:
Nice shot. Interesting! I'm waiting to see the new carbon fiber 777. Could possibly change the entire industry. If American buys them, they'll have to change their thought on polished aircraft.
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Maybe leave 'em unpainted and call it the "utility finish"? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
Nial - some people look at photos of naked ladies, others look at photos of cars....you look at photos taken from the air! hehehehe
 
A few years ago- Airbus decided the trend to larger and larger aircraft would continue indefinitely. Boeing decided the future was midsize to large-mid with better fuel economy.

Now Airbus has a behemoth that requires the world to redesign its airports at great cost and Boeing has a boatload...sorry, planeload of orders.
 
DrEntropy said:
PAUL161 said:
Nice shot. Interesting! I'm waiting to see the new carbon fiber 777. Could possibly change the entire industry. If American buys them, they'll have to change their thought on polished aircraft.
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Maybe leave 'em unpainted and call it the "utility finish"? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
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nah, not in this day and age. It'd be called the "Street Racer" finish /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
tony barnhill said:
Nial - some people look at photos of naked ladies, others look at photos of cars....you look at photos taken from the air! hehehehe
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Yeah, that's true Tony.

I've *never* looked at naked ladies...not even once! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

<span style='font-size: 8pt'>How did a thread about Boeing go this far astray so quickly? </span>
 
I haven't talked to my son yet, who works for American out of Tulsa. In his position, he'll be on the first to know list of how their going to paint them. American went to the polished design to save on fuel costs. Paint is weight and if you knew how much paint it takes to cover any of those airliners, you'd be amazed.
 
I read somewhere they said the fuel tank on the shuttle was no longer painted because it would save several hundred pounds of weight at liftoff.
 
Anyone catch Boneyards on History Channel last night? About aircraft boneyards and recycling. Showed a 747 "supertanker", which was used as a firefighter. Amazing watching a plane that big dump fire retardant!

-William
 
lawguy said:
Now Airbus has a behemoth that requires the world to redesign its airports at great cost and Boeing has a boatload...sorry, planeload of orders.
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Sounds like the American Auto Industry with SUV sales stalled.
 
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