Mesmerizing HD Video Of The 787 Dreamliner In Flight (N787EX)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 06:50PM Click the '4 arrows' icon in the lower right corner of the video to watch it fullscreen HD!
(6 pix and 1 awesome HD video)
Wow. Clay Lacy and crew have made an awesome video of an awesome airplane. The 787 Dreamliner really is beautiful to look at when it's in the air... and in my mind, it's on a par with the other most-beautiful-airliner-ever-made, the 747. Be sure to watch this HD video in fullscreen to get the full effect. It really is mesmerizing. It's been a long and difficult wait to get this airplane to the point of delivery, but wow, does it ever seem to be worth it!
Below is an early version rendering of the 787 that showed how much the wings would be flexed in flight. When I first saw that graphic several years back, I thought: no way are those wings really gonna flex that much in flight. Was I ever wrong. If you look at the rendering and then check out the screenshot from the video right below it, you can see that those wings really do flex that high! Keep in mind that the view from the video is not head-on so you don't have the exact same perspective.
(click pic to enlarge) Early 787 rendering showing amazing wing flex! (Boeing)
(click pic to enlarge) Screenshot from the video showing amazing wing flex!
(click pic to enlarge) Early 7E7 concept (later called the 787) with the 'sharky shape'
The other thing that hit me really hard watching this video is how absolutely gorgeous the Dreamliner is. I remember the early days of renderings coming from Boeing for what was then called the 7E7... they showed a very sculpted airplane with a sharky vertical fin and really unusual cockpit windows. I was excited that this new airplane was looking like it was really gonna be different - something truly unique. Then, as the program advanced, it seemed all the cool stuff was going away. Then there was the rollout on 7-8-07 on while it looked different from anything else being produced, it actually seemed a little ordinary. But now, seeing the airplane with real airline livery, with the wings flexed from graceful flight, and seeing the sun shimmer off the smooth composite skin, the 787 is striking me as far more beautiful than the old 7E7 ever was. Everything seems to be in the right place on this girl!
The following images are actually screenshots from the HD video. you'll see all that in the video, but sometimes it's nice to have an image to just sit and stare at. Enjoy : )
(click pic to enlarge) Wow. (screenshot from video)
(click pic to enlarge) N787EX in the standard ANA livery (screenshot from video)
(click pic to enlarge) 787: The graceful Queen of the Skies! (screenshot from video)
Reader Comments (3)
I've been working on the 787 since the days of the rollout in 2007. While there have been issues and challenges, it really felt great to stand in the gloomy Everett rain and deliver the first one to ANA. This video should be shown to everyone involved with the program - she sure looks beautiful. Thanks very much to Clay Lacy and the whole team!
Marc- thanx for the comment, and for being part of the team that made that beautiful airplane a reality!
what a beautiful plane, hope to ride on it one of these days.