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747-237 · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:36 pm Post subject:

Here's a nice close up of VT-ANA, taken April 22.

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HAWK21M · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:58 pm Post subject:

The upper emergency exit aka B747 is Interesting....Though the Sliding window type would be preffered.
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747-237 · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject:

And here's a close up of VT-ANB, right next to VT-ANA.

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747-237 · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:39 pm Post subject:

Air India's sixth 787; line 32, the future VT-ANG; is now out of the paint shop.

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abhigopal · Member Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 172

Love the Star Alliance Logos. I know this has been asked and answered before, but what are the aircrafts going to be named?

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747-237 · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:38 am Post subject:

VT-ANE is also ready to be moved to storage.

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Jaysit · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346

Does anyone know how AI plan to configure their 787s? Does AI even know? Or will it depend on which Minister's son's cousin's brother-in-law got a packet under the table from which seat manufacturer?

747-237 · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:29 am Post subject:

VT-AND has her engines now & will be the first Air India 787 to take to the skies.

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747-237 · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:50 am Post subject:

Here's a new look at VT-ANE, in storage.

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ryder1650 · Member Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Posts: 554

Guess they need to remove that Star Alliance logo....

xterra · Member Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 595 Location: DONT KNO

Why is the engine cowling white colored on VT AND?
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me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

VT-AND is scheduled to fly today.
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747-237 · Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:20 pm Post subject:

indopaki · Member Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 479 Location: Pakistan

Whats the logo on the engine? hope not Centaur, one step forward two steps back.

747-237 · Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:18 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:14 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:34 am Post subject:

This afternoon Boeing rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner to be built at Charleston, SC.; and the first Boeing twin aisle airliner to be built outside of Puget Sound, WA.

She is to be delivered to Air India with a projected date of June 2012.

She was unveiled wearing Air India titles and a "Made with pride in South Carolina" sticker on the front fuselage.

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Aseem · Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ

Here is another view of the same

rgds
VT-ASJ
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747-237 · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:02 am Post subject:

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HAWK21M · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject:

Too much white in my personal opinion......
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aeroblogger · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:57 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:04 pm Post subject:

The first Charleston built 787 (ZA237 / LN46) is set to make her first flight today (Friday, May 18, 2012). She is due to be delivered to Air India in June.

Air India's first 787 to be delivered later this month is to be VT-AND (ZA233 / LN29).
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aeroblogger · Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:29 pm Post subject:

No - VT-ANH will be delivered at the end of this month. VT-AND is tentative for June 12th.
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747-237 · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 5:39 am Post subject:

swisshansa10 · Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 7:02 pm Post subject:

Nice earrings... Razz

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747-237 · Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject:

There she goes - airborne for the first time today at exactly 1200 EST.

No Air India titles, or that special "Made with pride in South Carolina" sticker this time.

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747-237 · Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 3:37 am Post subject:

Here she is, back on the ground after her first flight, which lasted about 5 hours as she flew off the coast of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida.

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747-237 · Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 4:00 pm Post subject:

Boeing's official press release:

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2265

Boeing Conducts Inaugural Flight of First 787 Built in South Carolina
Dreamliner on track for mid-year delivery to Air India

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Boeing (NYSE: BA) today marked another 787 milestone as the first Dreamliner built in South Carolina completed its first flight. Piloted by Tim Berg and Randy Neville, the airplane successfully conducted a five-hour test flight. More than 5,000 Boeing South Carolina employees watched a live broadcast of the airplane as it took off from Charleston International Airport.

"This is a proud moment for our Boeing South Carolina team and for Boeing," said Jack Jones, vice president/general manager, Boeing South Carolina. "In April, we gathered on the flightline to watch this airplane roll out of final assembly. Today, we watched as this airplane successfully completed its first production flight - one step closer to delivering our first South Carolina-built 787 Dreamliner to our customer."

Today's production flight test profile tested the airplane's controls and systems in a series of scenarios designed to verify the airplane operates as designed. The tests occurred in all stages of flight beginning prior to taxi, through final landing and taxi.

During the flight, the crew checked the functionality of onboard systems at high and medium altitudes. They also checked backup and critical safety elements including cabin pressurization, avionics, and navigation and communications systems. In addition, they shut down and re-started each engine during flight.

"First flight of this South Carolina-built airplane is a significant achievement and our teammates did a great job working together to make this happen," said Berg. "The airplane performed exactly as we expected."

The airplane will be flown to Ft. Worth, Texas to be painted with Air India's livery before returning to Boeing South Carolina for a mid-2012 delivery.

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747-237 · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 4:15 am Post subject:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-hails-charleston-787-first-flight-372306/

Boeing hails Charleston 787 first flight

Boeing says its first South Carolina-built 787-8 performed "exactly as we expected" during its 5h initial flight on 23 May, nearly four weeks after the aircraft was rolled out of the new final assembly line in North Charleston on 27 April. Airplane 46 is one of four 787s to be completed at the factory this year, all destined for Air India.

Pilots of the GEnx-1B-powered widebody, slated to be delivered to Air India as early as June, performed most of the production flight test along a north-south path over the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Charleston, between North Carolina and Florida. Total distance covered during the flight was 1,764nm (3,267km), according to tracking site FlightAware.com.

"Today's production flight test profile tested the airplane's controls and systems in a series of scenarios designed to verify the airplane operates as designed," says Boeing. "The tests occurred in all stages of flight beginning prior to taxi, through final landing and taxi." Included in the tests were cabin pressurisation checks, avionics, navigation and communications checks and shut-down and restart of each of the two GEnx-1B engines.

As seen on live video coverage of the event, Airplane 46 first performed a high-speed rejected takeoff before lining up for a normal takeoff at 12:01. Tracking data on the FlightAware website shows that the pilots then performed roughly 3h of high altitude air work up to 41,000ft (12,497m), slightly below the 787-8's maximum operating altitude of 43,100ft.

The aircraft then descended to 15,000ft for roughly 1h of testing that appeared to include slow flight and possibly an aerodynamic stall, based on FlightAware tracking data. The pilots then returned to the Charleston International airport for approximately 1h of touch-and-go circuits.

It is unclear whether additional flights will be required before the aircraft is flown to Leading Edge Aviation Services in Fort Worth, Texas for painting in Air India livery.

Once airline acceptance flights are complete, Boeing expects to deliver the Charleston-build aircraft to Air India in June or July. The carrier's first 787, built at Boeing's Everett, Washington facility, will arrive by the end of May. Air India has orders for 27 787-8s.

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Devesh · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 1:46 pm Post subject:

Flight track information https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE237/history/20120523/1530ZZ/KCHS/KCHS
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747-237 · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject:

http://india.nydailynews.com/business/7f4b9fc8a7a162affaa65c729582f026/air-india-won-t-take-dreamliners-till-compensation-fixed

'Air India won't take Dreamliners till compensation fixed'

May 29th 2012

Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Tuesday said Air India would not take delivery of its first batch of Boeing 787 Dreamliner until both the airline and the aircraft manufacturer decide upon the compensation package for the delay.

"We will not be in a position to take delivery of the aircraft, as the compensation package for the delay in the delivery of the plane has not been decided as of now," Singh told reporters at his residence here.

According to Singh, Air India's board has decided a compensation amount and is seeking legal opinion on how to go about obtaining the same.

The national carrier had ordered 27 Boeing 787 aircraft in 2005-06. However, the first batch of two aircraft would only be delivered at the end of this month.

Overall the delivery of the aircraft has been delayed by three years causing the airline to lose several opportunities to deploy the aircraft on long haul international routes.

The minister said all possible legal recourses were available to the airline including that of arbitration.

The development comes a day after the airline's board in a meeting here decided a ballpark figure of $750-$800 million from Boeing for the delay in the delivery of the aircraft.

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aeroblogger · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 7:38 pm Post subject:

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sammyk · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:03 pm Post subject:

There's a "Desi News" section of the NY Daily News? Interesting.