Boeing 787 Dreamliner

[BillOz]

You should send the fuel dump photo to the Contrails Conspiracy folks.  Give them something to chew on. 
Neat catch.

[redsox223]

You should send the fuel dump photo to the Contrails Conspiracy folks.  Give them something to chew on. 
Neat catch.

Gah, I dont think we should be feeding the crazies with anything that they can use to perpetuate their illusions.

[cpasley]

Excellent Bill.  I was really hoping for a flyby during the Open House! 

Yeah, when we were driving onto the base I saw it but then realized was way too far for their static display, I then thought I would drive around the other side of the base after the show but again we were directed east so tired and with a 3hr drive ahead of me I decided to just bolt, a decision I regret now

[Jay Beckman]

001 Taxis out for departure from EAA AirVenture 2011

[Jay Beckman]

A few highlights from the handoff of the first operational 787

Boeing employees escort the ANA Dreamliner to its place of honor for the official handover ceremony at the Boeing plant on September 26, 2011


Fast forward to Oh Dark Thirty on 9/27 where ground crew and well wishers get her ready for her maiden flight back to Japan


JA801A taxis out to face the wider world


Taking the active with the Dreamlifter in the background.  


Line up and Wait


Boeing employees gathered in clusters all along the runway for the departure


Moment of Truth


20 seconds later, she was in the clouds and gone...

[Joe Copalman]

Very cool set of images, Jay.  My favorite is the wide-angle shot.  Just a very cool feel to it.

[Jay Beckman]

There wasn't a whole lot of time to get "creative" because once they cut the tug loose, they got going pretty quickly.

It was kind of funny that when we got up on the balcony of the Future of Flight, I'm scanning all across the way looking for the 787 and it took me a minute or two to realize she was actually parked below us as seen in #2.  Even the APU is unusually quiet so there wasn't anything to call attention to the fact that she was only about 100' away!  

And man, it was dark!  ISO 6400 in #2 and it was all I could do to manage 1/30 or so on the shutter speeds.  Not a lot of keepers until the sun started to try and punch its way through the cloud deck.  Too bad they couldn't have waited until the afternoon which was gorgeous and lighter winds meant they probably could have departed to the north instead of to the south.   

[Jeff D. Welker]

Great images Jay. Sounds and looks like you had an interesting experience and very cool opportunity. Look forward to hearing/seeing more in the future.

+1 with Joe on the wide-angle - I really like the 787's swoopie wings.

[Matt Ottosen]

Really awesome, Jay, looks like it was a great experience!  I also agree, I really like the wide-angle shot.

[Brian Lockett]

The sixth Boeing 787-8 prototype N787ZA arrived at Mesa Gateway Airport as Boeing Flight 006 from Great Falls International Airport, Montana at 1:33 PM on Friday, November 11, 2011. Its construction number is 40695. It is the second 787 built with GE engines.


Boeing 787-83Q N787ZA on approach to land on runway 30 Right.



Boeing 787-83Q N787ZA took off from Runway 30 Center at 2:27 PM.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Conditions sucked; however, I wanted to see this bird in-person. Here is the best I've got thus far. I'm working on a B&W version; however, I'm not quite satisfied with that yet.

[Barry Griffiths]

 
Boeing B-787-8 Dreamliner s/n 40695/6 (2010) N787ZA by Barry Griffiths CAD, on Flickr

[Jeff D. Welker]

Dreamliner Redux...

[Scott Youmans]

Boeing 787 N787BX March 8, 2012

[Jay Beckman]

^^^ Really nice looks Scott ^^^

N787BX on short final...