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martinson
Jun 25, 2007 5:00 AM GMT
787 News -
I visited the Future of Flight facility at Paine Field in Everett with my nephews on June 22, 2007. We went on the tour of the manufacturing space for the 777 and 787. The tour is essentially a viewing area several floors above the factory floor. The viewing area is between the 777 and 787 line.
It appeared the main structure for the first 787 airframe is complete. Engine No. 1 appeared to be fully attached and they were attaching engine No. 2 during our tour. The airframe sure looked great.
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Wondering
May 27, 2007 10:33 PM GMT
Are there negative impacts that could result from replacing fasteners? Does Boeing know that it can just replace them? How is this first ship not an experimental vehicle? Why the emphasis on showing that the schedule is met? Isn't it better to be upfront and reschedule now (all this was known before, why keep stressing that things are on schedule?) than to eat pie later? Is the fastener leak just a way to create diversionary focus to be exploited later? So many questions.
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NotFirst
May 24, 2007 7:17 PM GMT
First? There was a comment put in two days ago that is sitting somewhere. Do you filter out by email address?
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ruth love
May 22, 2007 10:50 PM GMT
'temporary fasteners' ? - very poor reputational capital. Did Strode admit to this because it was already in the public domain?
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saatish pal singh
May 22, 2007 10:34 PM GMT
the rate at which BAhas been rolling out 737,s one aeroplane /22 hours speaks of their professionalism and capacity to produce results.I have no doubt that they will roll out the Dreamliner on time and stick to the delivery schedules. Hers is wishing them best of luck and happy landings. Carpe Diem.
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AWatcher
May 22, 2007 3:26 PM GMT
'Brave face' indeed. There are so many firsts with this program (process, materials, ...) that it could be scary. One wonders if so many younger faces is meant to limit too close scrutiny. That the program is allowing pieces to be shipped without all the 'stuffing' reeks of a 'show and tell' event for 7/8/7 (well, marketing is running the game - could be the practice assembly that wasn't scheduled?). Can this plane hit May 08 even if there are some delays (however slight) getting the test vehicle off the ground? There are so many new factors, how can there be such an abbreviated test period? If a time-line re-adjust now would produce a better plane, why not bite that bullet and do so? After all, Boeing must know a lot more now than 2-3 years ago; to keep asserting that things are fine will look worse later. Why doesn't the 'Mythical Man-Month' principle apply here? Also, why doesn't Lean say "stop the line" when there is a problem (don't push defects downstream)?
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Zainal
May 22, 2007 9:03 AM GMT
Boeing should be doing away with hydraulic as all the latest jetliners are incorporating fly-by-wire tech as they harness the powerful electronic and reliable motors.
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martinson Jun 25, 2007 5:00 AM GMT 787 News - I visited the Future of Flight facility at Paine Field in Everett with my nephews on June 22, 2007. We went on the tour of the manufacturing space for the 777 and 787. The tour is essentially a viewing area several floors above the factory floor. The viewing area is between the 777 and 787 line. It appeared the main structure for the first 787 airframe is complete. Engine No. 1 appeared to be fully attached and they were attaching engine No. 2 during our tour. The airframe sure looked great. footsteps2727@yahoo.com
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Wondering May 27, 2007 10:33 PM GMT Are there negative impacts that could result from replacing fasteners? Does Boeing know that it can just replace them? How is this first ship not an experimental vehicle? Why the emphasis on showing that the schedule is met? Isn't it better to be upfront and reschedule now (all this was known before, why keep stressing that things are on schedule?) than to eat pie later? Is the fastener leak just a way to create diversionary focus to be exploited later? So many questions.
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NotFirst May 24, 2007 7:17 PM GMT First? There was a comment put in two days ago that is sitting somewhere. Do you filter out by email address?
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ruth love May 22, 2007 10:50 PM GMT 'temporary fasteners' ? - very poor reputational capital. Did Strode admit to this because it was already in the public domain?
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saatish pal singh May 22, 2007 10:34 PM GMT the rate at which BAhas been rolling out 737,s one aeroplane /22 hours speaks of their professionalism and capacity to produce results.I have no doubt that they will roll out the Dreamliner on time and stick to the delivery schedules. Hers is wishing them best of luck and happy landings. Carpe Diem.
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AWatcher May 22, 2007 3:26 PM GMT 'Brave face' indeed. There are so many firsts with this program (process, materials, ...) that it could be scary. One wonders if so many younger faces is meant to limit too close scrutiny. That the program is allowing pieces to be shipped without all the 'stuffing' reeks of a 'show and tell' event for 7/8/7 (well, marketing is running the game - could be the practice assembly that wasn't scheduled?). Can this plane hit May 08 even if there are some delays (however slight) getting the test vehicle off the ground? There are so many new factors, how can there be such an abbreviated test period? If a time-line re-adjust now would produce a better plane, why not bite that bullet and do so? After all, Boeing must know a lot more now than 2-3 years ago; to keep asserting that things are fine will look worse later. Why doesn't the 'Mythical Man-Month' principle apply here? Also, why doesn't Lean say "stop the line" when there is a problem (don't push defects downstream)?
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Zainal May 22, 2007 9:03 AM GMT Boeing should be doing away with hydraulic as all the latest jetliners are incorporating fly-by-wire tech as they harness the powerful electronic and reliable motors.
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