Boeing 787 Dreamliner

[Zoo Tycoon]

These pictures and many like them are reported to be Boeing 787 (see pic below). Don’t worry Airbus A350 is showing similar paint peeling but more commonly on the fuselage generally around the cabin windows.



Carbon fibre primary structure has out paced flexible paint technology.

 

[Grey Havoc]

How safe is the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, really?

Long before the Air India tragedy, the cause of which is still to be determined, people who had worked on the 787 had raised concerns about the production standards

www.bbc.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Korean Air to buy 103 Boeing jets as Trump pressures trading partners

The deal was announced just hours after the presidents of the US and South Korea met in Washington.

www.bbc.com

 

[joshjosh]

Some composite structures being made for the 787 Dreamliner using Ingersoll automated fiber placement machines

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRKjjzpqLis

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwlo-l12en4

Ingersoll and ORNL Partner for Massive WHAM 3D Printer - Engineering.com

CNC and fiber layup manufacturer Ingersoll will leverage ORNL technology for the large-scale WHAM 3D printer.

www.engineering.com

 

[B2Blain]

Will there ever been militarized version of the 787? Not VIP transport. ISR? Tanker?

 

[WatcherZero]

Air India flight from Heathrow has been cancelled after pilot reports the fuel cut off switch twice failed to lock in place and slipped to the off position. The fuel cut off switch being flipped was the cause of the crash on takeoff of Air India flight 171 with the airline trying to blame the pilots.

Air India flight from Heathrow grounded after 'possible defect' with fuel control switch

Sky News has seen paperwork, logged by one of the pilots, highlighting a potential fault with a switch that is at the centre of an investigation into the Air India Flight 171 crash.

news.sky.com

 

[NMaude]

Asianometry recently uploaded this video about how CFD helped with the design of the 787:

 

[Grey Havoc]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Z7SB6b3U0

 

[TomcatViP]

A nice piece from Simple Flying also with a comparison of what you can find in one cockpit and not in the other:

Here's What Pilots Notice First When Switching Between The Airbus A350 & Boeing 787 Cockpits

Comparing the flight decks of the world's two most advanced widebody airliners.

simpleflying.com