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Post by airboche on Jan 31, 2020 10:40:58 GMT 1
Seems to be some FAA requirement.
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Post by mtrunz on Jan 31, 2020 13:38:18 GMT 1
Actually for the first two flights. The 787 first flight was handled in a similar way. On the other hand they accepted marginal weather back then that Airbus hadn't taken off with I'd guess. Is this a special amercian hero philosophy? There were no escape hatches and parachutes, but they are limiting the people on board. Thats what I was talking about a few posts up. You can see in Sam Chui's video that they are wearing all white. I don't know if that is a jumpsuit or just 'another day at the office' clothing. I'm not familiar with the FAA requirements but clearly there was a reason for it. This is all great and stuff but nobody can be that confident that everything works out well. In terms of test Engineers, what happens if their feed to the Boeing telemetry room gets cut off? Than you have nobody else on board to confirm data etc, especially in an emergency. Remember this isn't just a normal flight. You can't just assume that because thousands of planes take off every day with no test engineers that this would be the same case here. Its all a bit weird, but at the end of the day we just have to trust the FAA requirements.
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Post by airboche on Jan 31, 2020 14:14:04 GMT 1
They are wearing white shirts and tie and Boeing leather flight jackets. Airline-Style.
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Post by kevin5345179 on Feb 3, 2020 22:14:22 GMT 1
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Post by philidor on Feb 4, 2020 14:29:41 GMT 1
From the above tweet : 'this summer, one 777X test aircraft will be stationed in Dubai for a month or two'. Is that to address Tim Clark's concerns and test how the engine is behaving in the Dubai summer furnace ?
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Post by s543 on Feb 4, 2020 21:05:04 GMT 1
From the above tweet : 'this summer, one 777X test aircraft will be stationed in Dubai for a month or two'. Is that to address Tim Clark's concerns and test how the engine is behaving in the Dubai summer furnace ? All new planes go to El Ain for some time always ! So this is predicted and unavoidable.
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Post by philidor on Feb 5, 2020 0:21:03 GMT 1
All new planes go to El Ain for some time always ! So this is predicted and unavoidable. True, but 'one or two months' is more than I can remember for other aircraft. It looks like a special emphasis on this matter.
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Post by kevin5345179 on Feb 10, 2020 6:36:15 GMT 1
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Post by kevin5345179 on Feb 10, 2020 6:51:45 GMT 1
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Post by FabienA380 on Feb 19, 2020 9:07:48 GMT 1
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