My Interior Tour of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

February 4th, 2010 admin

A view of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Flight Deck There has been so much excitement about seeing the first Boeing 787 take off and even the second . Now it is time for the third Dreamliner to get some attention. This morning I was invited to take a tour of the third Boeing 787 Dreamliner up close and personal. Not just any tour, but a literal inside look of the plane. Besides Boeing staff and a few guest airlines, this was the first time outsiders have been allowed to see what’s so special on the inside.  Boeing has never invited media on a test plane like this before and they made it clear that this was a still a testbed and wasn’t the final…


Originally posted on The Airling Blog

 
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