Topic: Video: Sparks Fly as Boeing 787 Drags Its Tail

[sam]

Flight testing of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner continues, and some of the more dramatic tests took place recently at locations around the world. The airplane maker released a video highlighting three of the more unusual takeoff and landing tests, including dragging the 787’s tail down a runway.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/10/video-sparks-fly-as-boeing-drags-787-tail-on-the-runway

[Clive]

Lovely looking plane!   

[Rik]

Hellish good flying.

[Simon]

I'd rather stay on the ground. 

[Rik]

 

[sam]

Hellish good flying.

especially in the wind, that looked like a harrier landing more than a big ass plane

[Rik]

That's no way to talk about a lady, Sam.

[sam]