July 10, 2007
Dreamliner...Go Capitalist oppressors!
Boeing recently rolled out the 787 Dreamliner, which they hope to start flight-testing in August or September, with first deliveries next May.
One thing that's really neat is the the carbon fiber composite fuselage is stronger than an Aluminum one, so the windows can be significantly bigger (27 cm by 47 cm, with a higher eye level) and the cabin pressure can be higher (6,000 feet instead of 8,000). Also the cabin humidity can be higher, because composites are not subject to corrosion!
So look forward to future air travel that's, well, not fun, but less of a misery!
Posted by John Weidner at July 10, 2007 08:27 AM
Richard Branson, left, and Jim McNerney, chairman and chief executive of Boeing Co.,
pose inside a display of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner after a news conference in Chicago.
Photo: AP
Boeing will do its best to make air travel more pleasant, and the airlines will do their best to make it painful.
Mike
Branson wasn't ordered by the Queen to buy an Airbus?
Posted by: Scott at July 10, 2007 08:42 PMI don't think the Brits are part of the Airbus consortium. She's probably secretly pleased to see the French and the Germans humiliated...
Posted by: John Weidner at July 10, 2007 10:10 PM
