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#54244 16-Dec-2009 06:59

787 first flight webcam is running at http://787firstflight.newairplane.com/ffindex.html. It is due to depart at 07:00 am NZDT but is still on the gate at the moment.

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#283014 16-Dec-2009 08:22

Saw it live on Fox News . Took off at 7.30am NZDT . Lands again 5 hours after take off. No doubt there will be lots of flite data to look at when it lands..

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#283028 16-Dec-2009 09:13

Just watched the lift-off on a Seattle TV News Channel (via the Internet) - quite neat.

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#283056 16-Dec-2009 10:38

http://www.kirotv.com/video/21972903/index.html

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#283059 16-Dec-2009 10:44

Just about made me cry

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#283088 16-Dec-2009 12:40

Good cry or bad cry Johnr? It is a MUCH better looking plane than the last first flight I saw.....

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#283326 17-Dec-2009 08:53

hairy1: Good cry or bad cry Johnr? It is a MUCH better looking plane than the last first flight I saw.....

You're not talking about the manatee of the sky are you? (A380)
The Dreamliner took off with ease! I almost expected its wings to flap! (Not talking about the actual flaps here)

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#283335 17-Dec-2009 09:12

Ah yes. The A380. She isn't the prettiest duck in the sky. Best not to bag Airbus however, as no doubt I will end up flying one one day (the smaller version).

My wife said the same thing about the wings. She said it looked like a bird and expected the wings to flap to!

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#283351 17-Dec-2009 09:51

The 787 definately looks very nice. My comment yesterday was that it's like comparing a Ferrari with a Ford Transit!

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#283355 17-Dec-2009 10:01

It definatly looks like they've taken a cue from nature with the wings. They seem quite wide as the base of the fuselage and become quite narrow towards the tips. At a guess, it probably provides better lift efficiency of the wing, rather than drag from excess vorticies running off at the tip of the wing.