Pilots push Boeing 787s to the limit

[pacificbound67]

August 6, 1955 was the day a once in a lifetime test was done to illustrate how airworthy another famous Boeing was. I'd love to see a 787 do what was done in 55 to the 367-80

[JonathanCZH]

@pacificbound67 Thanks for bringing that up. I never knew about it.

[NICOXRAMMSTEIN]

What the music ? :)



[MrCriticOfAll]

Craps all over Scarebus.

[210482fmj]

do test pilots practise dual engine failure landings from high altitude down to the runway landing

[CaptainKorhonen]

@210482fmj I believe the planes used for testing have emergency escape hatches in case something goes wrong.

[IIsierra116II]

@CaptainKorhonen I dont think so...

when they test the challenger 601 for stall recovery, both bombardier's test pilots died because that plane cannot recover from a stall. after that they reinforce the stall warning systems to not let this happen again.

[HittokiriBatosai]

@IIsierra116II Challenger 600 is a T-tail plane, it can recover from regular stalls but from from a "deep stall" where the wings block the slipstream from going over the horizontal stabilizer, rendering the elevators useless. The test pilot died but the other crew member, a flight engineer, parachuted to safety. Test crew are equipped with parachutes, but there's no special hatches or ejection seats. If you're lucky enough to evacuate the plane, great. Otherwise... yeah. The end.

[Poyekali]

0:42

take a look at the photo at the back of the desk

the photo shows a rumored 797.....!!!!!

[WindowsGamingXP]

@Poyekali where is it? I dont see lol

[fsxb757]

Is that a Singapore Airlines tag in the office?

[DrPlatypus1]

I absolutely love this plane!

[tlself011]

As an instructor pilot on the B787, I've flown it with 30 knots crosswind in the simulator and it flies very well. Most airplanes require the crab be corrected prior to touchdown but the 787 can actually land with a crab....it will straighten itself out on landing but other aircraft require the aircraft to be slipped in....one wing lowered into the wind and rudder pedal opposite....normal crosswind landing techniques....

[3nasacova]

@ 0:10 It is not possible to fly head on into fierce cross winds. If the wind is coming at you head on, it is a headwind, not a cross wind. If you are flying in a cross wind, the wind is coming at you from the side, not head on.

I guess Boeing doesn't know everything about aviation.

[davdaninja]

@3nasacova well think about it what if your going north and the wind is coming from the northwest wouldnt that mean that the wind is coming from in front and from the side? would that mean your heading into a crosswind?

[3nasacova]

@davdaninja I just Googled head wind and the first definition on offer was the following:

headwind or head wind (hdwnd)

A wind blowing directly against the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or ship.

[jkyet]

@3nasacova Wrong, he never said the wind is coming at you head on. he said the cross wind is. I would interpret "head on cross-wind" as having a direction of motion completely perpendicular to the direction of the wind.

[Vincentcool16]

I love the part from 1:08 to 1:30 when you see the rudder moving! :DD

[thepat29]

If it aint Boeing, i aint going

[applesweeter]

Last time, i flew a real Boeing 737 flight simulator, and I landed the 737 similar to a cross-wind-landing as that in this video.

Now, I know this is an possible and appropriate action for a pilot to do so.

[Truong1800]

i'll take it

[OpticQ]

im buying one!

[MisterSunson]

R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N is all in 787!

Folks this is the most advance cockpit system, the most fuel efficient, most environmentally friendly, most lightest & yet strongest composite material composed of, most quietest, best cabin air pressure/ air purification system, and most comfortable ride for passengers in any plane ever built so far; and I'm so very proud of you, Boeing Dreamliner!!! [with love from SanFrancisco]

[renehenckens]

"Flying head-on into fierce crosswinds"

uhm...what?

[Parkverschmutzer]

The US are still Number One:

The 787 ist the biggest plane - an US cars are the best worldwide...

Not really - cars from north korea are maybe number one - but second the US!

[Pvjinflight]

@Parkverschmutzer Not really, almost nobody here in Europe and elsewhere outside USA & few other areas uses US cars. Most are from Japan and other Asian countries & from Europe.

[fadriany11]

I imagine what a tail touch takeoff will Feel like onboard O_O

[jeffhusky92]

That plane is so fly~

[Ligtgamer360]

@jeffhusky92 Nice pun

[radioxxflyer]

fascinating

[JWROWE3]

Anyone note the framed picture directly behind the front portion of the 787 model on the desk? Isn't that the Sonic Cruiser?

[skillerboy3]

I dream to be pilot of a dreamliner :)

[Neutrinoghost]

@skillerboy3 Why the dreamliner?

[oisiaa]

Do they actually recommend landing in a crab like that?

[rockonmario]

@oisiaa it depends upon the speed of the wind and the gusts.a 30kts crosswind would look like the one you see in the video

[ankitpsk]

@oisiaa Its not a recommendation, you actually have to land in a crab like that. If you fly straight, without the crab to compensate for the crosswind, then your airplane will drift off the center-line.

[rct096]

The wings are so sexy...

[shakeemgreaves]

They for got 1 testingsnowstaorm(u kno incase they get caught in 1)

[VirginAtlanticflyer]

When do you expect it to enter Commercial service.

[wowdude999]

@VirginAtlanticflyer Mid-september I believe

[calvinair]

WHAT A DREAM JOB!!!!!

[dilipjoym]

interesting.

[JanArdenuzer]

thumbs up if you want his 787 model plane

[loneaxolotl]

@JanArdenuzer yeah I would really love to have that! lol

[MusicLover11325]

@JanArdenuzer  You can buy your own.... o-o

[97HKG]

@familyguyruification no All Nippon Airways