NZFF

First images have been released of the 787 VC.

http://forum.qwsim.com/download/file.php?i...5&mode=view

http://forum.qwsim.com/download/file.php?id=856&t=1

http://forum.qwsim.com/download/file.php?id=857&t=1

http://forum.qwsim.com/download/file.php?id=858&t=1

http://forum.qwsim.com/download/file.php?id=859&t=1

http://forum.qwsim.com/download/file.php?id=860&t=1

http://forum.qwsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&...;p=24102#p24102

Still couple years to wait for one in the NZ , interesting to check a real one out .

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ May 1 2011,1:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Still couple years to wait for one in the NZ , interesting to check a real one out .

Delivery is not even being quoted, at the moment.
This bird is being redesigned on the fly...
The latest: production-ready examples are being dismantled to coat fasteners against lightning strike.
The engines also catch fire, and the electronics bus is prone to, as well.
These are not "teething troubles" by any means, as they interrupt the test flight schedule.

The spirit has left the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company.
I think it happened when they took HQ to Chicago.

Charl wrote:

QUOTE (Charl @ May 1 2011,3:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The spirit has left the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company.
I think it happened when they took HQ to Chicago.

Same has happened in the private sector .. Big Companies doing well .. Global move in on ya patch .. Boeing should have taken the bull by its horns , shite end the day its all a money game and gone conditions .. Seattle is Boeing

Charl wrote:

QUOTE (Charl @ May 1 2011,2:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The spirit has left the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company.
I think it happened when they took HQ to Chicago.

I think it left when they started designing their console's like Airbus'!
It does look very Airbus-like.

I also cannot understand why they have changed their minds on the 787-900 and decided to just put the -800 wing on it. It changes the whole mission profile from long range to short range.
Not sure where this leaves Air NZ as the launch customer for it.