Comments on: 787 First Flight http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/2816  goolsbee.org, serving useless content from an undisclosed location since 1997 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:17:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: vrooomie http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/2816/comment-page-1#comment-4383 vrooomie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:07:35 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/?p=2816#comment-4383 Seems to be a -wind monitor?? (airsonde?- dangling from the tip of the tail....interesting! Seems to be a -wind monitor?? (airsonde?- dangling from the tip of the tail….interesting!

]]> By: vrooomie http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/2816/comment-page-1#comment-4373 vrooomie Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:06:15 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/?p=2816#comment-4373 Thanks, CG! It's great to have friends like you, who through the miracle of the Internets, can share this kind of stuff with like-minded geeks! Great fotos and a truly historic moment. FWIW, almost all modern airliners (certainly from the 707, on) have flexy wings. When I fly and I can see the wings, I like to watch their deflection, from taxiing to full flight; it's truly astonishing how flexy they are! Wonder who all got to fly on that flight? :D Thanks, CG! It’s great to have friends like you, who through the miracle of the Internets, can share this kind of stuff with like-minded geeks! Great fotos and a truly historic moment.

FWIW, almost all modern airliners (certainly from the 707, on) have flexy wings. When I fly and I can see the wings, I like to watch their deflection, from taxiing to full flight; it’s truly astonishing how flexy they are!

Wonder who all got to fly on that flight?

:D

]]> By: mattmmatt http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/2816/comment-page-1#comment-4371 mattmmatt Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:20:21 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/?p=2816#comment-4371 *jealous* I'm glad you made the time to get out there. I had some trouble watching the live feed, but am quite excited to be a passenger on one of these. *jealous*

I’m glad you made the time to get out there. I had some trouble watching the live feed, but am quite excited to be a passenger on one of these.

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