B747LCF is AIRBORNE!

ASIA · Post by **ASIA** » 28 Aug 2006, 09:45

And she will fly in 3 days...

ASIA · Post by **ASIA** » 08 Sep 2006, 10:27

dat-tech · Post by **dat-tech** » 08 Sep 2006, 11:03

are there some special cargo doors? or only the two small ones on the side?

chornedsnorkack · Post by **chornedsnorkack** » 08 Sep 2006, 12:09

dat-tech wrote:are there some special cargo doors? or only the two small ones on the side?

There is a very special cargo door. The whole tail swings off on those hinges!

smokejumper · Post by **smokejumper** » 09 Sep 2006, 04:07

Looks like a python that swallowed a large animal and is trying to digest it! I do like the shape however.

ASIA · Post by **ASIA** » 09 Sep 2006, 05:11

She's airborne now!!

mmciau · Post by **mmciau** » 09 Sep 2006, 08:55

Great to see that the LCF is in the air at last.

Has she returned yet from her first flight

Mike McInerney
South Australia
at1625 ACST

dat-tech · Post by **dat-tech** » 09 Sep 2006, 12:31

Im confused, if the whole tails swings open, then what about the hydraulics, cables and wiring for the rear flight controls?[/quote]

Cartman · Post by **Cartman** » 09 Sep 2006, 13:29

They could at least have taken the trouble of painting this bird. These temporary colors give the impression that this bird is composed out of leftover pieces of other aircraft...

cageyjames · Post by **cageyjames** » 09 Sep 2006, 18:13

Cartman wrote:They could at least have taken the trouble of painting this bird. These temporary colors give the impression that this bird is composed out of leftover pieces of other aircraft...

Unlike A319s?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0099216/M/

TCAS_climb · Post by **TCAS_climb** » 09 Sep 2006, 18:18

dat-tech wrote:Im confused, if the whole tails swings open, then what about the hydraulics, cables and wiring for the rear flight controls?

Fly-By-Wifi ?

Bilboone · Post by **Bilboone** » 09 Sep 2006, 19:16

link to : First flight LCF at Boeing news release

"It went beautifully," MacDonald said after the flight ended. In fact, the airplane handled so well, "quite often during the flight, it was easy to forget you were in an LCF rather than a regular 747-400," he said.

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 10 Sep 2006, 18:23

One should remember that this aircraft is purpose built! it was not meant to be a swan, but rather a ugly duckling.

It looks very un-aerodynamic, but it is! it has no colours, but it will! and one day it will appear as a colourful graceful aircraft, and it will do the job it was built to do.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

KT

ASIA · Post by **ASIA** » 13 Sep 2006, 18:05

And now we have 1st flight video!

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 17 Sep 2006, 18:44

Someone asked about the routing the LCF will use to ferry components around the world, here's a preliminary outline:

A fleet of three LCFs will ferry 787 assemblies between Nagoya, Japan, Grottaglie, Italy; Wichita, Kan. and Charleston, S.C., before flying them to the Boeing factory in Everett, Wash., for final assembly. The first two LCFs will enter service in early 2007; the third will follow later.

The first LCF landed safely at Boeing Field Saturday just after 8:00 A.M.

KT

some interesting info:

http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/09/ ... ane001.cfm

jal · Post by **jal** » 18 Sep 2006, 03:25

sn690 wrote:Yeah, you're right, but it is and it will stay an ugly aircraft. I do prefer the Beluga, altough, the Boeing can be a more functional aircraft, I really don't know

I am sorry sn690, but taste is purely subjective. It is not an ugly plane, you find it an ugly plane.

(les gouts et les couleurs ne se discuttent pas)

BTW: I find the Beluga as well as the A380 ugly planes.

DFW · Post by **DFW** » 19 Sep 2006, 00:40

SURPRISE, AIRBUS!!!! It's actually a 747-500/600 developed in secret.

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 23 Sep 2006, 05:53

A interior shot from Randy Baseler's blog:

http://www.boeing.com/randy/

A short video:

http://video.boeing.com:8080/asx_extern ... 06_300.asx

ASIA · Post by **ASIA** » 25 Jan 2007, 08:28

LCF No.2 N780BA "Dreamlifter".