Boeing 787 Dreamliner - first flight webcast on-line

[Jay Beckman]

Looks like they've had a lovely tour of NW Washington State...!

Feed's Hot Again...

[Rob Silliman]

Webcast back up - and they are planning on landing at BFI in a few minutes.

[Rob Silliman]

And it is back on the ground.

[Joe Copalman]

I was just crawling 'round the web and noticed that the first two or three shots that have already been released by Getty and AP are HORRIBLE!

Too Tight .. Horizon's Are Crooked .. Underexposed

And these guys are pros?  Sheesh... 

LOL Jay.  From my experience with Flight International and the shots of Virgin's White Knight 2 landing at Willie, it is not about quality, but rather who gets the shot in the hands of a vulture first. 

-Joe

[Rob Silliman]

One of the Paine regulars has posted his pictures from the take off;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonm/

[John S]

Kirotv.com video in case anyone missed it. 

http://www.kirotv.com/video/21974146/index.html

John

[Rob Silliman]

What are the chances that Boeing will fly it down to Williams for hot weather testing next summer?

[Dave S.]

Rob,

I was reading some information, either from Boeing's site or flightglobal.com, and they had mentioned the use of Edwards AFB for a good portion of the testing.  I'll keep my fingers crossed, but won't get the hopes up for some 787 testing at Willie.

Dave

[Jay Beckman]

I just hope it tours ala the A380...

Adding: The webiste is still viable but the webcast has been replaced with edited pieces (ATC is still intact) including some chase footage edited into the "First Flight Highlights" piece.