ANA 787 Rolls Out In New Livery

[Grahame Hutchison]

The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to operate a revenue service (JA801A) has just been rolled out in the special ANA 787 livery.

http://www.yfrog.com/klal0xxj

[John Thoroughgood]

Very nice!

Thanks Grahame
Cheers John

[Grahame Hutchison]

The new ANA Boeing 787and the 747-8 Freighter were both on display over the weekend as part of the Seattle Seafair. Both these new programs are really starting to gain momentum towards entry into service. Looking forward to the first 787 to visit Sydney, my contact at Boeing says maybe October/November (totally unconfirmed).

The Images

[Grahame Hutchison]

Boeing have just released a YouTube video of the ANA 787 rollout, some really nice views of the aircraft.

YouTube

[John Thoroughgood]

Sure hope its in the Dreamliner colours, if it comes off Grahame! )

[Grahame Hutchison]

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has now completed all the flight testing required for certification with the FAA.

• 1700 Flights
• 4800 Hours
• 25,000 Test conditions
• Startup at -42C
• 100s of Stalls
• Fierce crosswinds and wet runways
• Flying at the lowest posible speed to almost the speed of sound
• Ultimate rejeced takeoffs
• Tail on the ground to measure mintakeoff speed

Congratulations to the Boeing Dreamliner team, reaching certification for any aircraft development project is an amazing achievement.

[Mike W]

Matt Cawby's video of ANA's first Dreamliner first engine start. Smoky, as the assembly oil burns off.

http://kpae.blogspot.com/2011/08/ana...ngine-run.html

[Laurent Sanhard]

check out some of the pics here of the ANA 787 she sure looks good !
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...red-Japan.html

[Grahame Hutchison]

From Seattlepi.com .....

The first scratch had to happen sometime.

The first All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on September 28, 2011. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/ AFP/Getty Images)

Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways knocked its first 787 into a boarding bridge on Oct. 13, causing slight damage to an engine cowling, Flightglobal reported Wednesday.

The incident happened while a ground crew was towing the aircraft, and caused only surface damage, a spokesman told Flightglobal. Flight testing resumed the next day.
ANA plans to start 787 with a charter run from Tokyo Narita airport to Hong Kong on Oct. 26, returning to Narita the following day, followed by excursion flights departing from and returning to Narita on Oct. 28 and 29. It plans to launch regular service between Tokyo Haneda Airport and Okayama and Hiroshima, Japan starting on Nov. 1, then fly between Haneda and Beijing once a week from December until Jan. 21, when it will start long-haul 787 service between Haneda and Frankfurt, Germany.

[Jason H]

First commercial flight was today

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-...026-1miuo.html