Finally! Take a Look Inside Boeing’s Giant 787 Dreamliner
- Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:00am by
Liz Klimas
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It’s here.
Boeing has finally started rolling out its 787 Dreamliner airplane — what’s being hailed as the first new commercial planes of the 21st century — three years late and $32 billion later.
According to USA Today, the long-anticipated Dreamliner features the largest entryways, overhead bins and windows of any airplane on the market. Boeing’s Director of Differentiation Strategy Blake Emery, Boeing’s director is reported as saying these upgrades “improve harmony inside the cabin:”
“In the past,” said Emery, “things either worked or looked good. This plane is designed for both.” One of their favorite examples is the latch on the overhead bins. “Those can be confusing,” said Craver, “So we made latches that open if you push on the top or the bottom. Whatever is intuitive will open the bin. Part of improving the experience is eliminating things that make you feel bad.”
The plane also has a carbon fiber design making it more fuel efficient than traditional planes.
Watch this ITN News announcement:
Now, thanks to Business Insider, you can take a look inside the jumbo jet:
Each seat has a display. (Photo: Boeing)
Special lighting during restful times. (Photo: Boeing)
Business class features 17 inch screens. (Photo: Boeing)
Business class seats also fold down for sleeping. (Photo: Boeing)
Earlier this year, Dreamliner completed its maiden trans-pacific voyage to Japan to undergo testing from All Nippon Airways and Boeing will return Dreamliner Tuesday to Tokyo as ANA’s first completed plane. ANA is reported as saying it expects 55 more Dreamliners by 2017.
Take a look at Dreamliner’s first flight to Japan:
But well before tomorrow’s expected delivery, Wired reports, Boeing began training pilots who will fly these planes and it was all done virtually:
Anyone who’s flown a Boeing 777 can get up to speed with the 787 in as few as five days as the two airplanes share a type rating for pilots. A pilot with no experience in a Boeing airplane will need as long as 22 days to receive a type rating and master the 787.
No matter their experience level, none of them will actually fly a 787 during training. It’s all done electronically. There are no books to study, airframes to inspect or airplanes to fly. From learning about the airplane’s hydraulic system to making a virtual walk around pre-flight inspection to even learning how to take off, pilots learn everything needed for their type rating without ever even seeing a real 787.
Boeing 787 Motion-based Simulator. (Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.com)
The plane itself costs $200 million and about 800 have been ordered so far.
[H/T Business Insider]
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Comments (43)
dalemay
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 12:17pmI have flow quite a bit during my collage years. I can’t wait to experience flying in the new 787.
Report Post »mickrussom
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:23amObama and the Unions are ruthlessly attacking Boeing preventing them from building new factories in the USA. Boeing is what the USA is about, and Obama, well, he is about treason and being an enemy of truth, freedom, liberty, the US constitution and US sovereignty.
Report Post »TxMadMac
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 7:12amDoesn’t look like any of what I see will help you get through the trauma of being sexually molested just before boarding ! Even if you gave me tickets, I still wouldn’t fly. It’s a matter of principle with me !
Report Post »theaton
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:31amIf everybody who flies would just stop doing so for two to four weeks in protest of the invasion of privacy, the invasion of privacy would either go away or the airlines would be out of business. The reason this will never happen is because the flying public and even most of the general public are cowards who don’t believe in freedom and liberty.
Report Post »Vernon Black
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:33amLet’s watch now to see how many planes are produced in Charleston compared to Seattle….Any bets on which plant will win? One Union ‘sick out’ in Seattle can stop the whole production line….And that will NOT void the bet!
Report Post »evachier
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:42pmvery nice …
Report Post »JBrillhart
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:19pmI live in Wichita Ks and have actually helped build the 787. It is AMAZING. I can’t tell much about the process but to see it go from rolls of composite material to what i worked on, and the sheer size was awe inspiring. On the down side, drilling holes for fasteners in composite is nasty dirty work.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:40pmI’d take that over those Airbus pieces of crap anyday!
Report Post »FireShowing
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:37pmAwesome, it’s a great thing seeing we can still build such tremendous airliners. Keep up the fight and stay in SC, your location there will make it better for all.
Report Post »deerjerkydave
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:07pmWhen will they incorporate scram jet technology into these long flights already?
Report Post »schroeder123
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:52pmI love this air plane. Made in the US….oops ….. and other countries.
Report Post »BUT still ,, the Idea came from the US and so did the technology. Let us HOPE for some NEW JOBS !
GJPinks
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:44amIf it is made of Carbon Fiber, doesn’t that mean it has a HUGE Carbon Footprint?
Report Post »AlmostaCowboy
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:43amThanks for showing us the Singapore Airlines’ interior. Now show us the South African Air, Delta, American, NW, Continental seat configuration in coach. Instead of 2-4-2 watch as it magically goes to a 2-5-2 or 3-5-2 configuration with those ever-so-comfy 16.5″ wide seats that only fit Philippinos.
Report Post »Good luck, Brit’s, Germans, Americans, and Scandinavians.
Comacine
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:15pmBoeing doesn’t provide seats or cabin arrangement per se. Instead each airline provides the desired configuration as part of the purchase and Boeing builds to suit. If you fly with companies like Alaska Airlines you will mostly find reasonable comfort. The newer aircraft seem to provide more amenities.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:43pm.
Report Post »Boeing designs a plane with MORE center seats!
BlazingPatriot
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:45pmIf you can’t fit your fat fanny in a 16.5″ seat, time to give up the double cheeseburger and LOSE SOME WEIGHT!
Report Post »Skybottle1
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 8:53pmThat is ANA not Singapore.
Report Post »roadhog
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:26amHow much of the $32 Billion over run was caused by the UNION Thugs.
Report Post »jtm45
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:38amHow much ICE can it hold?
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:45am.
“One of their favorite examples is the latch on the overhead bins. ”
WHAT? That’s the dream? Hay, Boeing, how ’bout making a seat that fits humans?
How about a seat that doesn’t feel like you sat on a tree stump for 5 hrs?
Spare me a new sardine can designed to make more money for the airline and cram more sweaty
Report Post »(insert ethnic slur here) in coach.
Bluefish49
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:56amSoon to be “non” union made better….South Carolina “No Obama in 2012”.
Report Post »willbedone
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:31amAll that PR is wonderful, First Class cockpit, NICE first class accommodations, AND worst class still crammed in like sardines. I would hate like anything to be in the middle of one of these on a 12 hour flight.
Report Post »DD313
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:22amThe pictures may be deceiving. First class was not shown. Business class had the convertible seat, so the remaining picture had to be “worst” class as you called it. I thought the configuration was great. Every seat has one armrest you can call your own, and no one has to go past more that one person to reach an aisle. Of course there could be a more compressed seven or eight across version we were not shown.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:07amUnions are THIRD PARTY CORPORATIONS.
The UNION will not care if they are built in the U.S.A., or abroad. So long as the employees building it are UNION employees.
This is why unions do not work.
It is not collective bargaining that is the problem with unions.
Report Post »The problem with unions is, they are their own corporation with their own employees and their own motives. They do not represent the employees as they were intended, but, rather, they have their own, independent agenda.
There should be ONE union per employer. The union reps should be employees of that employer, and should be on the payroll as any other employee, benefits and all.
This would cause the negotiations to be truly representative of the employees. It would allow a FAIR negotiation between TWO parties, not THREE.
tbl10
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 2:06amWell said. That is exactly the problem with these unions today. They are nothing but money stealing machines and do not represent the best interests of the employees. What good is a union to you when their policies force a company to close shop and leave the country. Just look at the steel industry as an example. How many good American jobs were lost because of the unions? How many steel plants are now vacant in this country. Entire towns became ghost towns when these mills closed.
Report Post »aaronkcmo
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:00amThe most important part of the 787 is the new wing. It’s made from a large single piece of composite laminate. It outperforms aluminum wings on every test and Boeing is the only mfgr in the world with the capability of producing such large structures in a single piece. It is a revolutionary airfoil for airliners, but commonplace for experimental high performance aircraft. The 787 also has some new ultra-high-bypass fan jets. Very fuel efficient.
Report Post »Waiting for 2012
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:57amPlease do us a favor, no more stories like this… If Obama sees this he will have to have us buy a new Air Force 1 and a Michele version right away. The Palin bus stories were enough, look what those got us 2 big beautiful shinny Canadian made buses.
Report Post »bdg94132
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:59amJust to be clear about the facts, You’re an idiot! Those buses were ordered by the Secret Service NOT the President. And they were ordered in 2006, during the Bush administration.
Report Post »bdg94132
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:03amJust to be clear on the facts since you apparently don’t know them. those buses were NOT ordered by the President, they were ordered by the Secret Service. AND they were ordered in 2006 during the Bush administration.
Report Post »tbb
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:00amThis new plane looks very comfortable. I’m still not going to fly until the TSA are disband.
Report Post »Turkey Thug
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 8:30amIt‘s a beautiful airplane and although it’s hard to top the 777, this plane has done just that. The interiors are modified often to improve air travel, but the 787 goes further than that with a high humidity interior and less in-cabin pressure which makes the flight more comfortable. Thus, less jet lag. Not to mention the technological advancements and efficiency of this airplane are game changers for the airline industry. The ANA 787 website does an excellent job of highlighting what makes the 787 the airplane to fly: .
Report Post »welloddyfriggindah
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:44amAbsolutely right! The hucksters leading the unions, representing 8% of the nation’s workforce cant be allowed to direct companies where to or not to work.
Report Post »bdg94132
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:10amIt’s unfortunate that the Unions represent only 8% of our working population. When they represented upwards of 30%, we actually had an employed middle class. Now we have a race to the bottom, who will work for $2 and hour and no benefits? Non Union work is taking us back to the 18th century when there was no middle class. Just the rich and the working poor. Too bad people are too dumb to see the truth of what the Corporations are doing to our country.
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:41amUnions be damned. Obama loses in 2012 and all will be righted. Meanwhile…WOW, what a plane! It’s wonderful!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:44amperfect timing …………………………………………..(yes thats sarcasm)
more expensive planes full of really nice extras, but flights are way down, and will continue to stay down due to government and safety issues ……………..tsa , and extra fees
i for some reason dont see boeing doing to well in the future especially in s.c thanks to nlrb
Report Post »Ohio4Tea
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:06amsorry… what’s nlrb?
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:35amNRLB = National labor Relations Board
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 3:03amIt’s probably no accident that the first plane is going to a country not ruled by progressives… Boeing will do fine if only because of non-Obama-like nations.
Report Post »The Bulletproof Patriot
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:38amMuch of these sorts of aesthetic changes are already being made to the existing 777 fleets for international travel. The increased head room in the cabin, better lighting, etc. – it does make for a more comfortable trip. But, I do wonder how much of a difference the 787 design will be and if it will truly be a vast improvement over the modified 777′s.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:36amI want a modification that stops them from losing my luggage.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:12amAnd yet Obama’s NLRB wanted to stop Boeing from hiring in a right to work state. 800 Dreamliners is a whole lot of jobs. It should not matter if they are union or not as long as those are jobs American citizens are rdoing here in the USA.
Report Post »Chutza
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:37amExactly, Unfortunately the Unions have such a stranglehold on politics especially the Democrat party that they will do whatever they can to cause major problems forcing Boeing to leave and taking our jobs with them.
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