sailingfun

The fuel burn target was a 20 percent improvement over the 767 on a 3000 mile flight. The improvement actually gets better then that at longer ranges up to 6000 miles. They have met that target. In addition the AvWeek test pilot described the aircraft as one of the best flying airliners ever. He really liked how the aircraft is designed to keep the pilot in the loop on everything that is happening. Here is his summary.

"The 787 is indeed the nicest handling and most docile handling Boeing jetliner I've yet flown. Enhancements in the companies FBW flight-control system increase safety margins and make the aircraft impressively pleasant to hand fly.
The aircraft can be flown with equal ability from either seat because the left and right sides have the same access to displays, controls and tools, including left and right HUD's, EFB's and steering tillers. Situational awareness and crew resource management are top notch because of moving and interconnected control yokes and rudder pedals, along with back-driven throttles and speed brake handle.
Admittedly, the aircraft entered service three years later then planned. But, judging on performance, it was worth the wait."

Avweek is noted for unbiased reviews and I have read others from this test pilot that were far less flattering for other jets.

cni187

Guess those same thugs yelled at me and my captain from a second story window for us to give them our sunglasses. I laughed and then got displaced off the Mad dog.

dalad

i saw that pic on yahoo this am. no wonder brent musberger was drooling last night. At least AU can recruit coeds!

Sink r8

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Sink r8

Not smart. You should have given them the sunglasses.

UncleSam

Just saw a note that one of them caught on fire sitting at the gate.

buzzpat

^^^^^^^^^

I spend more time in Detroit than I do on the left coast.

NuGuy

I seem to recall that AvWeek was quite the proponent of outsourcing, too, and seem to remember an editorial in the back emphasizing that point.

I dropped my subscription after that. The mag was always kinda spendy, and naturally, when their subscription people called to bug me to re-up, I told them that my job had been outsourced, and could no longer afford their publication.

Nu

80ktsClamp

And ironically I prefer the DTW layovers. We're always where we don't want to be, I suppose, haha.

And as far as starting my baby on two-a-days, we're working on reducing him down from 12-a-days!

dalad

There are some nice beaches on Lake Erie. That Livonia layover is great, too!