Dreamliner jet “draws” Boeing logo across North America

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Dreamliner jet “draws” Boeing logo across North America

A Boeing 787 jet took corporate loyalty to new heights when it "drew" the letters "787" followed by the company's logo across several thousand miles of North American skies. The etching of the letters and logo, while not visible from the ground, can be seen in the flight path plans.

"Boeing's 19 hour test flight of the 787 Dreamliner was a great opportunity to test the limits of the 787, FlightAware's flight tracking, and the FAA's flight plan system," FlightAware Chief Executive Officer Daniel Baker tells Yahoo News. "It was the longest domestic flight we've ever handled and it required three FAA flight plans to accomplish, not to mention dozens of people coordinating the flight overnight."

FlightAware, which provides live flight tracking, coordinated with Boeing on delivering the unusual and spectacular images.

In the above image, you can see the 787 Dreamliner's flight path, which was first reported by Gizmodo. The flight path was meticulously designed and coordinated with airports across the country in or to avoid violating restricted airspace.
 

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One of our members, adbutcher, is one of the lead people on this project. He's got to be on cloud 9.

Pardon the pun.
 

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Interesting, but it seem like a waste of resources if nobody can really see it, so I don't get what is such a big deal about this?


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Hostile;4418924 said:
One of our members, adbutcher, is one of the lead people on this project. He's got to be on cloud 9.

Pardon the pun.

Good for him. As it is a test flight and 787 did appear as planned, then we should hoist one in congratulations. :cheers:
 

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Hostile;4418924 said:
One of our members, adbutcher, is one of the lead people on this project. He's got to be on cloud 9.

Pardon the pun.
I know your right. After all the delays this project has seen to finally be at this point is something some doubted would happen.

It's pretty cool seeing these things being built from the ground up. Lucky for me with my job I get exposure to virtully all phases of production.

The Dreamliner "Tour" airplane was in town a few weeks ago and I got to tour it. What an amazing airplane it is. I can't wait to actually fly in it. Unfortunately that is still a long ways off.
 

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big dog cowboy;4419364 said:
I know your right. After all the delays this project has seen to finally be at this point is something some doubted would happen.

It's pretty cool seeing these things being built from the ground up. Lucky for me with my job I get exposure to virtully all phases of production.

The Dreamliner "Tour" airplane was in town a few weeks ago and I got to tour it. What an amazing airplane it is. I can't wait to actually fly in it. Unfortunately that is still a long ways off.

That's great news!

So envious that you've had a tour and are heavily involved.

congrats to you and adbutcher!
 

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5Stars;4418928 said:
Interesting, but it seem like a waste of resources if nobody can really see it, so I don't get what is such a big deal about this?


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Kind of agree. I mean, it's cool and everything but really?
 

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5Stars;4418928 said:
Interesting, but it seem like a waste of resources if nobody can really see it, so I don't get what is such a big deal about this?


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I don't think it is a waste of resources. They were testing all the systems anyway. They weren't losing anything by spelling out the letters opposed to just some random course.

Is it a big deal? I don't get the impression that it is a big deal. It made some news, but it isn't all the rave. At least I don't think it is. I don't follow Twitter, so for all I know it is all over that site.

These guys did it for themselves and others in the industry that can see it. Some people get pleasure out of things like that where their little community can be in on it.
 

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5Stars;4418928 said:
Interesting, but it seem like a waste of resources if nobody can really see it, so I don't get what is such a big deal about this?


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The story is more about the actual test than any invisible logo pattern being flown.

The writer's personal spin on this story reminds me of something I'd read on ESPN regarding the Cowboys. :laugh2:
 
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