Boeing Announces Final Leg of 787 Dream Tour - Sydney/Darwin

[Lee G]

Boeing Announces Final Leg of 787 Dream Tour

EVERETT, Wash., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dream Tour will draw to a close with a seventh leg of international trips. During the tour, a refurbished flight test airplane has demonstrated the Dreamliner's capabilities to more than 59,000 guests with an estimated 6,000 more to see it during the upcoming stops.

On May 23, the airplane known as ZA003 will depart Boeing Field for Sydney, Australia. Airline officials, government representatives, Boeing employees, suppliers and members of the media will tour the airplane during this leg of the tour. Below are the landing dates for each stop during leg seven.

May 24 – Sydney, Australia
May 29 – Auckland, New Zealand
May 31 – Darwin, Australia
June 1 – Tashkent, Uzbekistan
June 3 – Casablanca, Morocco

Upon completion of the tour, ZA003 will go through a scheduled maintenance period and resume its duties in the 787 flight test fleet. While certification of the baseline 787 models has completed, additional testing is being conducted on airline-specific features, product enhancements, and technologies that will be introduced on the next member of the 787 family, the 787-9.

The Dream Tour airplane is outfitted with the 787's special cabin features including a welcoming entryway, dramatically larger dimmable windows, bigger bins and dynamic LED lighting. The airplane is configured with a luxurious business-class cabin, an overhead crew rest compartment and an economy class section.

Thousands of fans have followed the progress of the Dream Tour at www.newairplane.com/787/dreamtour, which will continue to be updated throughout the seventh leg of the tour.

[Dan Collins]

Sounds good - I should be able to see her this time if she stays in Sydney over the weekend :)

Dan

[Thomas Collins]

The aircraft will also come to Melbourne.

[Rory Delaney]

Anyone know where abouts it will be parked for the 4-5 days its here ?

[Nigel C]

I'd guess the Dom-6 apron, but then again it might be squeezed in the Jet Base or Dom-4. It all depends on what else is in and what space can be made available.

I'm sure all will be revealed by someone here when details are known closer to the date. This forum typically doesn't miss a beat on stuff like this!

[Oliver Gigacz]

Any source/info on her coming to Melbourne? I know one came to Melbourne last November.

[Grahame Hutchison]

I have just emailed my contact at Boeing to see if I can get any more details on the Sydney leg of the tour (and if there will be visits to other Captial Cities).

[Simon C]

Brisbane and Melbourne will also get a visit.

[Brock Little]

Let's hope it makes a stop at the Gold Coast on the way up to BNE!! ;)

[Brock Little]

The airplane is also configured with 135 seats which will carry an exclusive group of passengers on a special ‘Dream Flight’ from Sydney to Brisbane and back on Saturday May 26.

http://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-brings-boeing-787-dreamliner-back-to-australia-this-week

No times given as of yet.

[Martin Buzzell]

The aircraft will also come to Melbourne.

This post was above yours Oliver. I've also heard it's coming to Melbourne.

[Oliver Gigacz]

Yes I know, as I was asking for a source of the information.

[Luke Chittock]

The aircraft is scheduled to arrive SYD 1600/24MAY.
Day trip SYD/BNE/SYD 26MAY
Day trip SYD/MEL/SYD 27MAY
Departs SYD 1000/29MAY for AKL
Arrives DRW 1630/31MAY from AKL
Departs DRW 0930/01JUN to TAS
Obviously, all subject to change!

[Grahame Hutchison]

Darwin is purely a "Tech Stop" to rest the crew, after departing Auckland and heading for Uzbekistan.

[Brock Little]

Hi Luke, are you aware of times for the BNE daytrip?

[Alexander.L]

The aircraft is scheduled to arrive SYD 1600/24MAY.
Day trip SYD/BNE/SYD 26MAY
Day trip SYD/MEL/SYD 27MAY
Departs SYD 1000/29MAY for AKL
Arrives DRW 1630/31MAY from AKL
Departs DRW 0930/01JUN to TAS
Obviously, all subject to change!

Do you know what time the 787 will arrive/depart sydney on the 26th and also when it will depart/arrive in melbourne on the 26th? Because on the 26th i'm heading to melbourne for the PMA and wondering if I can catch a photo of it.

[Luke Chittock]

Alexander - Ex SYD 1030, back in at 1815
Brock - Ex SYD 0830, back in at 1815
Grahame - I think that's a given based on it's arr/dep times

[AaronBradford]

It doesn't visit Melbourne on the 26th, Alexander.

Also, the BNE trip is not Ex-SYD at 0830 as far as I know.

[Julian L]

What are the Sydney times for the 27th ?

[AaronBradford]

Don't know about the 27th, but AusBT have just added timings for the 26th on this article: http://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-brings-boeing-787-dreamliner-back-to-australia-this-week

Ex-SYD @ 1030 for a 1230 arrival. Ex-BNE @ 1700 for a 1830 arrival back into SYD.

[Brock Little]

Thanks guys, much appreciated. :D

[Alexander.L]

Thanks for all info;)

[Sean W]

Don't know about the 27th, but AusBT have just added timings for the 26th on this article: http://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-brings-boeing-787-dreamliner-back-to-australia-this-week

Ex-SYD @ 1030 for a 1230 arrival. Ex-BNE @ 1700 for a 1830 arrival back into SYD.

Also on Ausbt Website:
Win a Guided tour of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner!
http://www.ausbt.com.au/win-a-guided-tour-of-the-boeing-787-dreamliner-at-sydney-airport

[Michael Dawson]

N787BX has left Boeing Field enroute SYD, ETA between scheduled 15:30, currently showing 15:48 according to Flightaware. According to planned route it will cross over the BNE VOR then take the BNE-SYD routing into SYD.

Cheers

Michael

[Grahame Hutchison]

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N787BX

[Rob R]

I've just been invited to go on the aircraft in Brisbane. From the info I have it will be parked at the old ITB for this tour.

[Grahame Hutchison]

N787BX is taking a quite northerly route, now over Honiara in the Solomon Islands, with 3hr 37min to run.

[A McLaughlin]

Looks like I'll be doing the SYD-BNE-SYD run on it on Saturday...looking forward to it!

[Grahame Hutchison]

Tracking south to Sydney at FL400 and 482kts , just west of Lismore.

Now on my ADS-B, and the first Dreamliner in the log.

16:00 With Sydney Approach on descent through FL140 at 384kts overhead BOREE for Runway 34L
16:01 Cleared to 6000ft
16:09 Handover to Director on 126.1
16:16 Final approach
16:18 Touchdown
16:20 Vacant on the Rapid and contact Ground on 121.7

[Laurent Sanhard]

currenty overhead casino 40000 ft following a Jetstar flight no 787 from MCY Sunshine coast 380000 ft . good timing !

[Erik H. Bakke]

Not far behind JQ787, by coincidence.

[Sydney Airport]

The Dreamliner is returning to Sydney Airport this afternoon on its final leg of the global Boeing ‘DreamTour’!

Key details for the B787:
Registration Number – N787BX
Serial Number - ZA003
Call sign - BOE787
Aircraft parking – DOM 6
Runway - 34L

If you don’t want to come out in the rain today, it is doing a day trip to Brisbane on Saturday 26 May, departing at 10:30AM and returning at 18:30PM.

We will have extra security and AFP patrolling the area. Please make sure you follow the rules when observing from the fence line.

Please note this is not a Sydney Airport event and we can not escort or facilitate any plane enthusiasts out on the tarmac while the aircraft is visiting.

Can’t wait to view everyone’s pictures!!

[George G]

Thanks Sydney Airport...

any information about flight times on Sunday?

[Raymond Z]

During its stay in Sydney, such as tomorrow (Friday), will the 787 be parked hidden from view in a hangar?

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Hope not! that's what happened last time I went so never saw it in the flesh but did catch it trailing over SYD on its flight from MEL to the States.

[Nigel C]

As above, Dom-6 is its parking spot for now. I presume with the up-coming sorties it's doing that it may well remain there for the duration of its stay.

[Arjun M]

Its still at the GA apron now. Doesn't look like its going to be moved anytime soon. It sure looks good.

[Jaryd stock]

Hope it's not raining saturday

[Benny Zheng]

Here's mine from the beach.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/zwgbenny/00612A1024.jpg

[Raymond Z]

As above, Dom-6 is its parking spot for now. I presume with the up-coming sorties it's doing that it may well remain there for the duration of its stay.

Sorry for being so newbie and sounding silly but where's that so I can take photos of it tomorrow or Saturday or Sunday or Monday?

[Tim Bowrey]

Raymond its up on the big open area near RWY25 threshold where all the Business Jets park near Krispy Kream. :)

[Kieran Wells]

Krispy Kream. :)
Can tell Tim hasn't had any Krispy Kremes lately!!! :D

[Rory Delaney]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJVKjQCbgQo&feature=plcp Boeing 787 Landing at Sydney Airport!

[Tim Bowrey]

Can tell Tim hasn't had any Krispy Kremes lately!!! :D

Why thank you Kieran! Others might disagree haha.

[Chris Primmer]

;)

[Tim Bowrey]

It's about to be towed to the jetbase.

[james baker]

All,

I've read this thread a couple of times and can't see clear times for the MEL trip on Sunday. Is this still a go? If so, does anyone know what time into MEL?

Thanks in advance

James

[Shayne G]

It's definately a 'go' James.

Departs Sydney at 8:30am Sunday for Melbourne so roughly a 9:45am-10:00am arrival into Melbourne.

The 787 then comes back to Sydney at 6:15pm so around 5:00pm departure.

[Laurent Sanhard]

http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/dreamliner-to-touches-down-down-under/story-e6frfq80-1226366609616

it would be great to see Qantas bring back the QF29 service through to LHR with this new beauty !! , won't hold my breath :)

video inside the 787 http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/our-sneak-peek-at-the-dreamliner-plane-of-the-future/story-e6frfq80-1226196606099

[james baker]

Awesome, thanks Shayne.


James

[Tim Bowrey]

BOE787 departed 34L about 10mins ago.

[Glenn Stewart]

BOE787 departed 34L about 10mins ago.

WHen is it due back?

[Shayne G]

The 787 will come back around 18:15 Glenn.

[Glenn Stewart]

The 787 will come back around 18:15 Glenn.

Thanks for the info. Hopefully be enough Sun to capture it.

[Andrew Coggan]

Thanks for the info. Hopefully be enough Sun to capture it.

The sun sets about 5pm Glen so I think that would be pushing it.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Good conditions (apart from the cold wind), and plenty of people out to catch the Boeing Dreamliner ZA003 departing for Brisbane this morning. Parked in
Qantas Hanger 406 overnight, the Dreamliner taxied out via Charlie and Lima to the Alpha 6 holding point on Runway 34L. Compared to the other departures
this morning, ZA003 was up early, and looked beautiful climbing out against a clear blue sky.

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-26-052.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-26-058.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-26-060.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-26-096.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-26-099.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-26-100.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-26-102.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-26-105.jpg

[Darren T.]

Great shots Grahame.

Thank you for sharing.

Here is my effort from out at Kurnell :D


http://www.flickr.com/photos/code7600/7271167390/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/code7600/7271179734/in/photostream/

[Benny Zheng]

My effort for today.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7271257862_50db2cc364_b.jpg

[Nigel C]

Nice dust spot Grahame ;)

[Darren T.]

Nice dust spot Grahame ;)

...but, I would leave the second Aircraft beside the tail. :p

[Grahame Hutchison]

I saw that, must have picked it up changing the lens in the boot of the car this morning, I thought it was out of the wind. Hopefully the electronic clean will move it.

PS: Just performed a Image Sensor Clean and all is good (I have autoclean at startup turned on, so the spot must have been stubborn). Just as well its gone, I'm off to Vivid Sydney tonight for some time lapse

[Grahame Hutchison]

The Qantas A380 operating QF93 from Melbourne to Los Angeles tracked overhead and dropped the dust spot, as the Dreamliner was taxiing out. Purely
by chance, the image number out of the camera was 93 as well.

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-26-093.jpg

[Rory Delaney]

Out of curiosity, is anyone going to see the Dreamliner depart tomorrow at around 8:30am to Melbourne?

[Nigel C]

I'll see it, from a pretty good vantage point I imagine ;)

[Darren T.]

I'll see it, from a pretty good vantage point I imagine ;)

If TWR can deselect the WX and operate in the 16 Direction...I reckon I'll be in a good spot too.

With this WX system at the moment though, it looks like 34 or 25 :(

[Brandon Giacomin]

Here are my photos from today in Brisbane.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/

[Jayden Laing]

N787BX is back & on Bay 97 (DOM6) with the nose facing south!

[Lukas M]

Now how many of these are Virgin planning to order?

[Rob R]

Here are mine from the tour in Brisbane;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79433881@N08/

[Kieran Wells]

Fantastic photos everyone! Hope to get some good shots tomorrow!

[Andrew Coggan]

The 787 is due back from MEL tomorrow at 1815 for those that may have been hoping to catch the arrival. Would make the departure time from Melbourne roughly 1645.

[Darren T.]

N787BX is back & on Bay 97 (DOM6) with the nose facing south!

That new fence doesn't make it easy:confused:

[Krzysztof M]

Hi guys,

A beautiful morning indeed. Pity the sun was already quite high because of this livery having white at the top and dark blue at the bottom! Oh well, there is always tomorrow. :)

On a side note, that police car thing was not as bad as it looked. There's nothing like being about climb on the ladder as the 787 is taxying and spotting a police car pulling over next to you. Actually, they were quite nice and didn't ask me to go away. I told them it's a big day and all, hence the crowd, and then they said: 'So that's the new Airbus they're releasing?'. lol

1. Quite a crowd this morning.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7105/7272587754_72b84de43f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krzysztofmalek/7272587754/)

2. It was windy but well worth risking on that ladder!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8008/7272593868_d2161991b8_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krzysztofmalek/7272593868/)

3. A view we will soon get used to. Hopefully!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7236/7272620584_d0a00b77a8_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krzysztofmalek/7272620584/)

4. What a wing!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7072/7272631986_e2ff3d3f41_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krzysztofmalek/7272631986/)

5. Airborne.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7212/7272640072_af24ab4cf4_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krzysztofmalek/7272640072/)

6. And my favorite shot. Safe skies B787!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7272643048_0d4c530f19_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krzysztofmalek/7272643048/)

[Kieran Wells]

Fantastic work Krzysztof!! How did the video turn out?

[Benny Zheng]

Took some shots of it arriving back in Sydney this evening. This is my favourite for the night.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7242/7272366326_37f8f26076_b.jpg

[Jaryd stock]

Very nice photos everyone, especially Krzysztof

[Kieran Wells]

Very nice Benny!!! Love it with the lights!

[Lee G]

On departure from Brisbane this afternoon

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2010288/IMGL2038_0800.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2010288/IMGL2015_800.jpg

[Michael Dawson]

Mr Gatland, your sure know how to make us all jealous.

Cheers

Michael

[Krzysztof M]

Yep, no matter how much you try, there's always Lee G. :) Fantastic shots!

Kieran, looking at them now. I'll burn them on DVD for you if you're at the airport tomorrow.

[Kieran Wells]

Sure will be. Ill PM you my number in case we don't land up in the smae location..

[Brock Little]

My efforts from Brisbane - she was amazing!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7273158342_41540ee098_c.jpg

[James P.]

God that was one windy day. My NASA STS-92 flight jacket was generating so much lift, it was difficult to maintain a solid footing on the mound. :p Incredible how fast it reached Vr, though I guess it was lightly loaded...

http://i.imgur.com/QU3VV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3Bpda.jpg

[Philip Argy]

Is that a heads up display system, Lee?



http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2010288/IMGL2038_0800.jpg



And Benny's night shot with behind lighting, including that view straight through the left hand engine, is absolutely brilliant!

[Philip Argy]

If TWR can deselect the WX and operate in the 16 Direction...I reckon I'll be in a good spot too.

Your wish is their command ... :)

[Grahame Hutchison]

Approaching TARAX on descent through FL250 at 458kts, on the run down to Melbourne.

[Philip Argy]

Curious that, at least according to FlightAware, BOE787 has been at FL300 and 470 knots for some 20 mins, with VOZ816 at FL340 and only 390 knots, yet BOE787 never getting closer to it.

Anyone else (like Grahame!) tracked it with something more accurate?

[Grahame Hutchison]

BOE787 has departed Melbourne, climbing out through FL210 at 448kts west of Yea.

[Kieran Wells]

One or 2 from today...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7277908576_d163429ae6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kieran380747/7277908576/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/7277909264_07c79758ea_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kieran380747/7277909264/)

[Grahame Hutchison]

1749 BOE787 is holding at FL210 south of TARAL.

[Adam P.]

We thought it was amusing that the callsign of the next flight behind BOE787 on the run down to Melbourne this morning was VOZ787...

[Philip Argy]

1749 BOE787 is holding at FL210 south of TARAL.

Close enough for QF452 passengers to wave!

[Tim Bowrey]

Just landed on 16L. That's a nice change!

[Philip Argy]

Tried to catch it going over my place but caught out by 10min time lag on FlightAware!

[Raymond Z]

Tried to catch it going over my place but caught out by 16L landing unfortunately!

For those wishing to photograph it tonight or tomorrow throughout the day, is it still parked by the fence at Ross Smith Ave, near Krispy Kreme, foot of runway 25 area-ish? Thanks. :)

[James P.]

Managed to get a shot of it flying over my place, the distinctive low growl of the Trent 1000 plus the inimitable HID light pattern gave it away. Nothing too spectacular, there's only so much one can do with a 250mm lens, no tripod and high ISO levels...that 16L approach caught me off guard too.

http://i.imgur.com/AGzWD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/PxbdM.jpg

[Philip Argy]

Well done, James - that second one was what I was trying for too, but from a bit closer at Wrights Point!

[Dan Hammond]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pt4uqitpyM&feature=share

Video i got of it departing Melbourne

[Philip Argy]

Don't those mesh fences play havoc with autofocus!

[Jason H]

seems strange that they gave it 16L. But in that case I flew right over me. I noticed the strobes lights are very...robotic or possibly futuristic; i don't know how to describe it. Anyone else know what I'm talking about?

[Andrew Coggan]

I noticed the strobes lights are very...robotic or possibly futuristic; i don't know how to describe it. Anyone else know what I'm talking about?

I thought they looked similar to the distinctive E-jet strobes from what I just saw! :)

[James P.]

Well done, James - that second one was what I was trying for too, but from a bit closer at Wrights Point!

Thank you! Had it been a 16R arrival, it would've filled the frame, I take it it's not exactly a common occurrence for a Heavy to use 16L? The only other time I can recall seeing a Heavy flying the approach onto 16L was with a UPS MD-11 a few months ago.

I noticed the strobes lights are very...robotic or possibly futuristic; i don't know how to describe it. Anyone else know what I'm talking about?

This is the first Boeing airliner to use the new LED exterior lighting, making the nav and strobe lights brighter than anything else in the sky, in addition to making it a ridiculously photogenic airplane.

[Tony G]

seems strange that they gave it 16L. But in that case I flew right over me. I noticed the strobes lights are very...robotic or possibly futuristic; i don't know how to describe it. Anyone else know what I'm talking about?

Looked similar to the C-17 strobe lights. I seen it fly over Arncliffe, even from a distance you can tell it something different. Possibly due to the design of the wing, the left and right nav lights seemed much more noticeable than other aircraft types.

[Nigel C]

The anti-collision lights looked like LED's, I thought. I didn't get a good enough look at the wingtip ones in action to see what they were, but I'll ask tomorrow if I get the chance and no-one has posted a definitive answer here.

[James P.]

I think you're right, according to this Boeing publication (http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_06/AERO_Q406_article4.pdf - last page), the landing lights are HID while position lights are LED.

[Philip Argy]

Quite a few interesting facts and figures in that booklet too - thanks, James!

[Brad Varney]

Did it do the left circuit over the Northern beaches? what's the noise difference to an A320?

[James S.]

Lower, probably the quietest jet aircraft flying.

[Raymond Z]

The beautiful plane resting at Sydney tonight. :)

[Lee G]

After arrival from YBBN...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2010288/Untitled_Panorama3_800.jpg

[George G]

Don't those mesh fences play havoc with autofocus!

Get rid of the fences i say! :D

[Todd Hendry]

Just went and saw the 787 and was fortunate enough to sit in the flight deck.
What a machine. Everything is so user friendly.
Bloody awesome.

[Henry Brosius]

Hey Guys,

Would have liked to see the new bird in Sydney but too many factors preventing it (work, kids, etc.)

Found another place to track her. Please forgive me if this has already been posted. BTW...what's the orbit 3/4 of the way thru the flight? Photo opp??

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE787

Oh...BTW...first post here :)

[Todd Hendry]

Hey Guys,

Would have liked to see the new bird in Sydney but too many factors preventing it (work, kids, etc.)

Found another place to track her. Please forgive me if this has already been posted. BTW...what's the orbit 3/4 of the way thru the flight? Photo opp??

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE787

Oh...BTW...first post here :)

Welcome to the board Henry.

Looks like a normal holding pattern Henry.
Just to fit in with the traffic flow into Sydney.
So no photo op.

Todd.

[Sarah C]

I am also back from the tour - great weather this morning, perfect for photos. Love the interior.........nah, loved everything about it.

[Henry Brosius]

I am also back from the tour - great weather this morning, perfect for photos. Love the interior.........nah, loved everything about it.

Awwwww....good to see you got the chance, Sarah.

Guess it won't been too long until the Flying 'Roo get's theirs :)

[Todd Hendry]

Guess it won't been too long until the Flying 'Roo get's theirs :)

Fingers crossed.

[George G]

A few members mentioned in this article:

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/plane-spotters-dreamliner-comes-true-20120526-1zc68.html

[Henry Brosius]

A few members mentioned in this article:

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/plane-spotters-dreamliner-comes-true-20120526-1zc68.html

She is very pretty isn't she?

[Shayne G]

Reminder that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner departs tomorrow for Auckland at 10:00am. This should be it's last presence in Sydney with the Dream Tour unless it overflies later on.



I too also like the distinctive strobes! :D

Great photos everyone!

[Brock Little]

To me, the strobes seem similar to those on the Imperial Shuttle used in the Star Wars series :D

[Jaryd stock]

To me, the strobes seem similar to those on the Imperial Shuttle used in the Star Wars series :D

Likes planes and star wars, gee's your a geek.......
Just kidding Brock You kinda asked for it.

[Brock Little]

Likes planes and star wars, gee's your a geek.......
Just kidding Brock You kinda asked for it.

No offence taken Jaryd, geek and proud of it ;)

[Jaryd stock]

No offence taken Jaryd, geek and proud of it ;)

Same here well said

[Grahame Hutchison]

I thought I would wrap up the Dreamliner visit to Sydney with some images from my visit yesterday. A big thank you to Australian Aviation Magazine and
Boeing for the opportunity to inspect the aircraft, and to Owen Zupp for hosting the tour. After visiting ZA001 back in November, where the interior was
unlined and filled with computers and water tanks, it was great to see what the Dreamliner will look like in commercial operation.

The fixed flush windows and the contoured curve of the nose greatly reduce noise levels in the cockpit. Wipers park in behind the centre window post.
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-149.jpg

The Business Class cabin with one of eight standard seating options. Some airlines will choose to install their own seating styles.
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-109.jpg

The pilot crew rest area located above the Business Class cabin. There are two bunks and a seat behind the camera on the left, half way between the
cabin floor and the bunks.
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-111.jpg

The cockpit has dual HUD and Flight Bags, electronic checklists, and a very clean layout. There is a lot of commonality with the B777, which has a common type rating, and conversion from the B777 only takes 5 days.
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-117.jpg

The main entry and greeting area on this demonstration aircraft with flat screen TV and a sculptured ceiling (see later images)
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-119.jpg

One seating style in the Economy Cabin.
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-120.jpg

A second seating style in rear Economy Cabin.
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-121.jpg

The rear galley is quite large with the rear exit door on the right.
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The Cabin Crew rest located above the rear Economy Cabin. Three bunks towards the back of the aircraft, one on each side and one across the back, and
three towards the front (see next image).
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http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-126.jpg

One of the port mid doors.
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The forward Economy Cabin from behind, and the overhead lockers are very generous.
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The crew demonstrated the "Disco" lighting, with the full range of colours flashing right along the aircraft.
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[Grahame Hutchison]

More images above.

The electrochromic window dimming takes about 90 seconds to change fully. They had to reverse the original concept of the design so that the window
was fully clear when all power was lost (sounds easier than is probably was).
http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-143.jpg

Standard IFE in the Economy Cabin with what looked like a USB port on the right.
http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-144.jpg

The Trent 1000 is just an amazing beast - you could walk inside it. Laminar flow nacelles with chevrons at the rear, reduce aircraft noise, and fuel
consumption is 20% lower. Long range cruise speed is Mach 0.85 and GEnx engines are also available.
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The Boeing house livery against a blue sky, made to go together.
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The brakes are electric, not hydraulic.
http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-156.jpg

The Dreamliner has very clean lines, and all the control surfaces are beautifully fitted to reduce drag.
http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-165.jpg

The wing is a masterpiece in itself, a high aspect design with with raked wing tips, laminar flow nacelles
and a variable camber trailing edge, all reducing drag and lowering fuel consumption. The wing tips flex
six metres.
http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-166.jpg

The Dreamliner really lives up to the dream up close.
http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-172.jpg

[Bernie P]

Great photos Grahame - thanks for sharing them...

A bit of a technical question for those in the know... Now that the B787 is in service, a modification was made to the APU exhaust: -
Natural fuel leaks from the auxiliary power unit (APU) fueling line were supposed to drain harmlessly out the bottom of the structure as designed, though rather than do that, the fuel was pooling into the APU exhaust cone.

The result, when the APU was started back up again, this page is told, the fuel torched out of the back of the tailcone. Naturally, this was a phenomena Boeing and the FAA wanted to avoid. Sources say APU drainage evaluations have been a particular focus of flight test over the past several months.
Source: - APU drainage behind Boeing's 787 tail cone tweak (http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/06/apu-drainage-behind-boeings-78.html)

I would've thought that this modification would have been done to the test fleet? Below is the modification I am talking about...

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6142/6035703574_0913276aab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightblogger/6035703574/)
All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner JA801A ZA101 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightblogger/6035703574/) by Jon Ostrower (http://www.flickr.com/people/flightblogger/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6076/6035702842_7bb7e26301_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightblogger/6035702842/)
All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner JA801A ZA101 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightblogger/6035702842/) by Jon Ostrower (http://www.flickr.com/people/flightblogger/), on Flickr

[Grahame Hutchison]

Hi Bernie,

Here is a close up of the APU exhaust, showing the difference in the tail cone design. They probably have not updated this on the test aircraft, as ZA003
will only do a few more test flights before it is assigned to the desert with ZA001.
http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2012-05-28-161.jpg

[Bernie P]

Another one to the desert, already?? Is this because of the cycles/rework that have been done to the 'Test Fleet', or that no-one would want them anyway?? As sad as it is to see anything go to the desert, its particularly so for such a young (age) bird. I wonder how/what they will recycle them given the amount of composite material in them - not good for tinnies...

[Nigel C]

I did suggest they could park this one at Wollongong....not really historical, but I'm sure they'd do their best to keep it flying ;)

[Grahame Hutchison]

The structure of the test aircraft is somewhat different to the production aircraft, so the cost to bring them up to the production equivalent would be prohibitive (and no airline would probably want one given the type of testing they do). The other option mentioned was a museum, which I guess could be a possibility.

I did offer to take it off their hands :D but would need to find a suitable hanger at Bankstown.

[Rowan McKeever]

Awesome photos Grahame, thanks a lot for sharing them!

[Jim M]

I second what Rowan said. Thanks for sharing the great photos Grahame. It is especially great for those of us that didn't get the chance to see this fantastic aircraft for ourselves.
Well done.

Cheers
Jim

[Jaryd stock]

Are they going to put one at the Boeing museum in Everett?

[Cliff Cook]

Hi Grahame,

Your photos are awesome, as you were so lucky to inspect 787 aircaraft last Monday, as I wish to join you for that tour. One of your photos show main undercarrige with 4 huge tyres with huge brake systems. I send you my private email to you in little while ago. Thank you for sharing with photos of 787 aircraft as it is much appreciated.

Regards,

Cliff Cook.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Hi Barry, Glad you enjoyed the Dreamliner photographs, I have sent you a PM.