Hat tip to Wandering Aramean. I saw his post about 15 minutes after my post detailing the emergency landing earlier today in Japan. Here’s a link to a Chicago Tribune story. It doesn’t contain a whole lot of new information from my previous post….
If you follow my blog, it’s no secret I’m a big Dreamliner fan. From the inaugural flight BOS-NRT on Japan Airlines to StarMegaDO2 and the best party in the air, StarMegaDO4, I’ve enjoyed every minute flying on (and crawling around) this plane of the future….
A number of media outlets are reporting that yesterday’s fire on a parked (and empty) JAL 787 at Boston Logan Airport point to a battery that is used to start-up the APU, or auxiliary power unit. If this is true, it’s an important distinction. …
Sounds like it was a busy day at Payne Field in Seattle last week. Boeing announced they delivered a total of seven 787s in 25 hours. Considering there’s still less then 50 of them flying, that’s a pretty impressive stretch. Boeing has had tons…
MegaDO (noun): A once-in-a-lifetime gathering (that happens once a year) of like-minded, slightly nuts travel geeks where they charter an airplane and fly to different destinations around the world. A big plane. You know, like a 757 or 767. To visit airlines, plane manufacturers,…
From Bloomberg, AA won’t be getting the 787-9 until “past 2014”. And, neither will anyone else. AA is still holding some pending orders for the 787, some of which will almost certainly be 787-8s. But, there’s unlikely to be anything firm there until AA…
As reported by Wandering Aramean, United Airlines took delivery of their first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. I was lucky enough to be on the inaugural BOS-NRT Japan Airlines 787 flight back in April. I’ve been eagerly awaiting the 787, believing it would change the way…
I’m definitely one of those people that does not want the person next to me on a phone call during a long flight. Now, maybe it would be less annoying on the quieter 787, but I still don’t think I’d enjoy it. Boeing is…
Thanks to Charlie for pointing this out today, since Facebook and I still don’t get along. United is teasing the date of their 787 delivery, saying they will be live streaming it (assumedly on their website). Still my favorite plane of all time after…
USAirways announces it’s now a creditor of American Airlines’ parent AMR. Talk about a tale of two articles. The first one makes it sound like US Airways might change it’s “support” of AMR in the bankruptcy process if it doesn’t consider a merger. The second…