dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 25 2007 | boeing, 787, dreamliner
Quoted: Boeing Co. said today that it will not use a wireless network to deliver in-flight entertainment on its 787 "Dreamliner" airplane because of problems involving ...
- dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 05 2006 | airbus, boeing, 787
Quoted: In what would be a radical change of course for the company, Airbus may switch to a composite fuselage for its next new jetliner.
Quoted: It would mark the sixth time that Airbus has changed plans as it scrambles for the right airplane to not only challenge The Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner but possibly leapfrog the 777. The two Boeing planes are dominating sales for jets that seat from about 250 to 350 passengers.
- dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 26 2006 | boeing, 787
Eeks?
Quoted: The Boeing Co. threw a scare into Wall Street on Wednesday when it announced it was pouring hundreds of millions of dollars more into the development of its hot-selling 787 jetliner to head off problems that could otherwise threaten the project.
- dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 10 2006 | nasa, orion, boeing, 787
One of my colleagues from Usability Engineering is working on the 787 Monitoring System.
Quoted: NASA’s Orion crew vehicle’s smart cockpit will monitor the vehicle's health, use synthetic, enhanced and virtual vision systems, have advanced on-screen symbology and may eventually employ a talking computer.
Quoted: The Lockheed Martin-built Orion will use a glass cockpit that is derived from Honeywell's Boeing 787 flight deck technology. Orion’s cockpit computers will carry out routine and repetitive system monitoring tasks, which Apollo-era astronauts had to do themselves.
- dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 20 2006 | news, boeing, 787
Quot3d: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Boeing (BA) is wrestling with technical and production problems on its much-anticipated 787 Dreamliner, leading to speculation the company may delay the new aircraft's scheduled 2008 delivery, BusinessWeek magazine reports in its June 19 edition.
The fuselage section of the plane has failed company testing, the nose section was deemed unacceptable, software programs from different manufacturers aren't talking to each other correctly, and the plane is still too heavy, according to BusinessWeek. - dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 07 2006 | 787, dreamliner, boeing, saab, composites, news
Yay Dreamliner!
Quoted: An important milestone was recently passed when the first test composite doors for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner were delivered from Saab to Boeing, to be ...
- dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - May 30 2006 | boeing, 787, flight control system
Quoted: Boeing has leased a 777-200ER from American Airlines to test and validate the control laws of the 787’s flight control system (FCS).
The 787 has a more elaborate, full-authority fly-by-wire system providing directional and lateral control as well as the longitudinal control offered by the 777 system. Boeing, which has leased the aircraft for 10 months, has worked with BAE Systems to develop the digital FCS system, which allows the 787 laws to be gradually introduced and tested in flight.
- dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - May 22 2006 | boeing, airbus, 787, news
Quoted: The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), the parent firm of Airbus, Tuesday announced a first-quarter net profit of 516 million euros ($666 million). Despite bumper profits, the future of Airbus' commercial position against Boeing depends on its wide-body jets. Its position in this market segment looks weak.
Boeing's (nyse: BA - news - people ) 787 aircraft, if successfully developed, represents a serious challenge to its rival Airbus.
- dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - May 08 2006 | boeing, airbus, 787, dreamliner, commercial aviation, news
Quoted: The ultimate manufacturing race—Boeing versus Airbus—is evolving from a battle pitting America against Europe to a competition between two global companies. The national identity of ...
- dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 14 2006 | boeing, 787, commercial aviation, news
I worked on the 787 for my first rotation with Boeing. Lots of people and energy. They totally bet the farm on this program.
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You must be Nikki's friend before you can comment on this Fave.dope.
Dang...it would have been cool.
Nikki works at Boeing so it must be her fault.
i was talking to coworkers today and they were talking about how it's heavier for the plane to have a wireless network, than to have wires going to the seats.
i guess the antennas weigh quite a bit more than what the wiring to each seat would weigh.
http://wifinetnews.com/archives/007342.html
i have to think that the reduced weight outweighs the ability to have a wireless IFE system.
That is true, on an aircraft weight is evil. However it does make the wiring more complex. An airplane is one giant flying compromise.
Or as a professor of mine in college said: An aircraft is about a millon parts all flying in close formation.
Send Nikki a friend request or a personal message instead.