A 20% More Fuel Efficient Dreamliner takes to the Skies

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Hi All:

BP lubes the most fuel efficient long hauler in the sky... The Dreamliner
Japan's largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has specified Air BP’s industry-leading turbine lubricants for the engines and auxiliary power units on its brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. ANA is the world’s first commercial customer for Boeing’s innovative new aircraft, having taken delivery in September 2011 of the first of 55 planes ordered.

BP Turbo Oils (BPTOs) were used by Boeing for the initial 787 Dreamliner flight as well as certification testing and have subsequently been approved for commercial use adding to the oils’ long list of approvals from major airframe and engine manufacturers.

ANA has chosen BPTO 2197 for its 787’s Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. BPTO 2197 was the first oil approved as a High Performance Capable oil to the SAE AS5780 specification and is used by some of the world’s leading airlines in the most demanding applications.

ANA has also chosen BPTO 2389 for the Hamilton Sundstrand APS5000 Auxiliary Power Units (APU). The APU provides power to aircraft while they are on the ground and provides back-up power while in-flight throughout the full range of the 787 operating envelope up to 43,000 feet. BPTO 2389 is the only oil with extensive APU experience that meets the MIL-PRF-7808 requirement called for by Hamilton Sundstrand’s APS5000 APU.

I do not know much about airliner lubricants but in the nuke industry, spec was everything and I am sure BP fluids are the best of the best when it comes to doing exactly what they are designed to do and a whole lot more.

Wayne

 

Hi All:

The first glitch of the Dreamliner arrived in the form of a set of wheels not deploying properly earlier today.

A Nippon Airways domestic flight was forced to make a second landing approach at Okayama airport in Japan, after a warning light showed the landing gear had not fully deployed.

The plane, carrying 249 people, eventually landed safely that ANA said.

The problem was due to a hydraulic valve fault, and the landing gear had to be manually engaged.

Wayne

 

Hi All:

United Airlines' first 787 Dreamliner has completed its first production flight as Boeing makes final preps for delivering it to United at the end of next month. The aircraft took off from Boeing's Paine Field in Everett, WA on Sunday. Boeing pilots flew the 787 around the Seattle area for more than three hours as part of planned tests of the aircraft's controls and systems.

During the flight, crew members examined the 787's onboard systems at high and medium altitudes. They also checked backup and safety elements, including cabin pressurization, avionics, navigation and communications systems.

Sunday's flight was part of a series of work that Boeing performs after each 787 comes out of its paint hangar and before airlines take delivery of the planes. The work also includes fueling, systems tests, engine runs and taxi tests.

United's first 787 Boeing Dreamliner


United's 787 on its maiden flight.​

Wayne

 

Last I heard, yes it is. The first batch is a little short of the promised efficiency, using the Rolls Royce engine. The new GE engines should make up that difference. I don't know, they may be shipping with GE engines by now.

 

Hi CRT1:

The last time I calculated this out for a long distance flight in a 737 it was something like 105 MPGe IIRC. The Dreamliner should pop that up to at least 120 + if loaded?

Can any pilots weigh in to give us an accurate number please?

TIA

Wayne

 

Hahahaha. That's a funny one. All nations are at it. If you think the USA has a free market economy you are mistaken.

 

Qantas just cancelled their order for 35 Dream Liners because of all the delays and a down turn in air travel. Boeing is going to pay out a few million for the delays.

Boeing Loses 35-Dreamliner Order as Qantas Cuts Costs

 

Ouch.

Those delays were terrible, though. Years late. A friend graduated college in 2002 and went to Boeing to work on the already-in-progress 787 project. Ten years ago! I know these things have a long development cycle, but that's crazy.

 

Hi All:

Boeing Marks One-Year Anniversary of 787 Certification

This weekend Boeing celebrates the one-year anniversary of certification of the 787 Dreamliner. On Aug. 26, 2011, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) granted type certificates for this all-new jetliner. In addition, the FAA added the 787 to the Boeing production certificate.

Certification demonstrated that the airplane met the all requirements for commercial operations, after completing the most rigorous test program in Boeing’s history.

To date, 17 787s have been delivered to airlines and the program has more than 800 unfilled orders with 58 customers worldwide. The in-service airplanes are performing as expected with dispatch reliability ratings equal to previous new Boeing models including the 777.

One month after certification, the company delivered the first 787 to launch customer ANA. One month later, the airplane entered revenue service.

Of course there was the Qantas order cancellation snafu last week which is a blight on the program. Fortunatley the 787 is in the air and being sold.

Wayne

 

http://blogs.bellinghamherald.com/p...e-away-tax-breaks-for-boeing-if-it-leaves-wa/

Yes they do. They pay for it when they pay their employees' taxes. It's not their fault that the USA has a dysfunctional healthcare "system".