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PilotJohn.com Update: Watch the Dreamliner 787 Video
Are you going to travel with style now on the new Boeing 787? Today, Boeing unveils the new Boeing 787 on 7/8/07! Coincidence? It’s actually a pretty cool idea on Boeing’s part. I really wish I had today off to be able to watch the unveiling of it. If you are around a computer today or watching your satellite tv, you will be able to watch it and let me know how you like it! This will be a day in history, are you going to witness it?
Click here to find out how to watch the unveiling of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner on 7/8/07!
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Update: News Story of the Boeing Unveiling the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
That is a very nice plane! I saw some concept drawings of it a while back - and I must say its very nice!
Wow this is a very nice plane indeed. I want to hop aboard it!
Thanks for your contest submission!
Wow! What an airplane! I took a look at the videos they have on the website, pretty cool! Wonder how long it will take until I fly home in one of those…
Give it to Geroge Bush. He’ll send it to Irag.
Hi all,
I just watched this viedo of Dreamliner 787.This was awesome. A suggestion,
There should be voice translator also fitted in cockpit control panel that pilot can read and it converts voice transmission from Air Tarffic Controller in written words on screen. So that pilots from non-english speaking countries can properly understand that what intructions are being given,on screen and similar screen can also be provided at Air Tarffic Controller end to understand what is being transmitted from plane so that there is no communication gap between two ends. Lastly the screen should be scroll screen to go back and forth.
I watch lot of discovery specially Mayday Program and I found out that lot of accidents happened just because the piolts/TC could not understand what other end communicated.
A Jain,
Bad idea. English is the required language for all pilots. It is absoleutly essential to have a universal language for both pilots and aircraft controllers. While it really doesn’t matter what language it is, English was chosen simply because more people speak it than any other.
The Chinese are having difficulty finding enough English speaking pilots and this has caused several problems. The problem is with the Chinese, not the concept.
Is this plane made of the same composite plastic/carbon material which caused the rudder to break off an Airbus fatal crash in November 2001 in New York, and at least 2 other incidents?
Atul Jain,
English is the required language for all of aviation. When you get into other countries, you will here their own language on the radios, but it is required that they know English. I have seen ideas of the new air traffic control system where controllers send messages to the flight deck LCDs over satellites instead of voice on the radio. The pilot can then decide to accept or reject the command from air traffic control. Aviation always takes forever to change and update to the new electronics! It is just like the new “green” images Boeing is saying. It takes a lot of money and time for certifications in current airplanes for better fuel and engines. At least it is a step in the right direction, and the 787 is not going to save the world. We have a lot to do still!
The first flight of the 787 hasn’t flown yet. It is going to be the end of August to the beginning of September from what I have been reading. Only a few more months!
Hello!
iMaybe some day i can fly on it with pilot john? 
ok..i can only Dream!
I too can’t wait to fly someday on the Dreamliner! I just Love it! It is a very beautiful airplane! I voted in the naming contest for it. I voted every day for the name of Dreamliner and i was so thrilled when it was announced it won!
Oh, Would have been nice if the people who voted to name it would have got something for voting… hey, how about a free ride….
Dreamer ~jo~ 7/15/07
Cant wait for it! I wish they could of done the first flight at the same time they unveiled it, but then hey.