Boeing 787 First Test Flite at 10 AM PST. Seattle on Edge

Speaking of the 121, did you see how those composite wings flex on the
takeoff?

Someone at work called it an ornithopter.
Frank Reid

On Dec 15, 11:23*am, Frank Reid © 2008 wrote:
Speaking of the 121, did you see how those composite wings flex on the
takeoff?

Someone at work called it an ornithopter.
Frank Reid

I had to look up that word, to re-member it. Yeah. Ornithopter. It
fits.
When I saw the tail on shot of the plane in the air with the two chase
planes I had this horrible instant of flashing on the problem they
were fixing last summer on the wing/body connection. Irrational but
real.

Haven't yet been able to find out how things worked out in the Moses
lake tests.

Dave

On Dec 15, 9:29*pm, DaveS wrote:
On Dec 15, 11:23*am, Frank Reid © 2008 wrote:

Speaking of the 121, did you see how those composite wings flex on the
takeoff?

Someone at work called it an ornithopter.
Frank Reid

I had to look up that word, to re-member it. Yeah. Ornithopter. It
fits.
When I saw the tail on shot of the plane in the air with the two chase
planes I had this horrible instant of flashing on the problem they
were fixing last summer on the wing/body connection. Irrational but
real.

Haven't yet been able to find out how things worked out in the Moses
lake tests.

Dave

Just a belated update on the test flight. Weather, decending clouds in
the Straits of Juan de Fuca, and a T-38 scout plane report of very bad
weather and turbulance over the Cascades and into Moses Lake to the
East. Consequently they came in after 3+ hours. Test pilot said the
windshield wipers at least checked out well. ;+))

By the way this pilot had to ditch a rebuilt Stratocruser into the
Sound a few years ago. Someone forgot to re gas. Beautiful ditch
however.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...tflight16.html