Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner first flight, HD 720p (filmed live)

[blueinkbottle]

What would happen when the wings have to take an additional burden of a few thousand kilograms with full load... will they snap off?.. if this flex is happening for an empty flight, how much will it flex for a full flight

[type2mike]

@blueinkbottle of course the wings won't snap off. You're not the engineer they are so relax.

[blueinkbottle]

@type2mike Ignorance is bliss.....

[meatius]

Wing Flex looked rather dodgy, I think it was the wing area that was causing a lot of the delays with first flight

[osgood54]

What is the chase plane?

[pincerfae]

It's a T-33 that Boeing used for aerial photography.

[Cooterrob]

what I'm curious about is what the data showed for the wing flex. I noticed quite a bit of flex... nothing abnormal for composite, but it could spark skeptics to create some drama.

[wmarkwat]

maybe there is very little kerozine on board, which makes the wings lighter than normal.

[Cooterrob]

amazing footage... keep this footage in the safe! From an A&P mechanic and Boeing factory tech for the 737... I am uber excited!

All of us at the Southwest hangar at KMDW were watching it in the break room. lol

Thanks for capturing aviation history!

[pincerfae]

Thank you. I'm glad I was able to capture this moment.