ba43 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Don't know if anybody has seen this yet />http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dreamliner-jet-draws-boeing-logo-across-north-america-163127660.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Henare Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Thats cool. I liked the 747 track done by the 747-8 a while back. Also the 787 in one of the tests flew over every state on the North American continent except Alaska confirming the wing flew over New Jersey if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Kane Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I saw that when they flew in on Flight Aware.....Here is the track from that website: http://flightaware.c...2100Z/KBFI/KBFI That page will give you all the route information if anyone on here wishes to tackle this flight. It was a 19 hour 12 minute flight so see if anyone can do better....Just plug this route into your FMC and off you go: SEA J12 EPH GEG 4733N 11706W 4236N 11831W 4450N 11752W 4414N 11230W 4710N 11126W 4714N 11125W 4730N 11443W 4214N 11629W 4140N 11325W 4714N 11126W 4645N 10711W 4105N 11056W 4405N 10902W CZI KD81U KD72W 4148N 10335W HANKI YANKI ONL 4201N 9830W KP72C CVA 4148N 9034W GIZCY FOD KP81C KP87A ONL ATY 4523N 9711W KP12C 4743N 9843W 4845N 9655W 4755N 9857W KP15A KP06Y 4248N 10523W MBW ALPOE 4026N 10616W KD60U 3947N 10516W DVV KD60W BENNZ KD63W 4027N 10500W 4040N 10510W 4131N 10501W GYZ KD81W 4728N 9907W 4610N 9804W AMMAJ SOBME 4400N 9820W 4324N 9850W ADEDY ANW 4203N 10104W ALU KD75W 4245N 10424W 4333N 10518W 4404N 10552W 4437N 10558W MARLS YAFLU KU15W POVNY KP18Y 4746N 10000W 4742N 9930W 4753N 9901W MIB JINUK LAMBE 4711N 10515W MLS 4603N 10613W FOURS CZI 4406N 10900W 4643N 10703W 4734N 11444W 4439N 11546W MADPE 4733N 11701W SEA Cheers <p class="ac_results fauxListWrapper" style="display: none; position: absolute;"> Searching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Womack Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 So basically, they just burned a huge pile of money in the shape of the Boeing logo. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Henare Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 This was required test flight to certify the GenX maximum endurance. ETOPS tests flights can only be carried out by actually flying for the prescribed time so its fuel burnt in a straight line or in a pattern. Regardless, it had to be flown for this duration and the fuel burnt... or should they do this sort of test on its first revenue flight with 250 passengers? They have to check that ETOPS critical aspects meet expectations, in particular oil consumption. No point having an aircraft that can fly for 18 hours fuel wise only to find out it runs out of engine oil after 16 hours and the engines seize up and the aircraft becomes a glider. The cold hard truth is that aircraft have to be flown in real world conditions and tested before that can be used commercially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexczarn Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 If you gotta do it mayaswell do it in a fun way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Kane Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Would have been a boring flight but I bet the technicians on board were making double time for an almost 20 hour flight.... 20 hours sitting there and watching monitors and equipment. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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