Plane Nation » 747-8 http://www.planenation.com News about commerical aviation Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:14:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 First B747-8 freighter for British Airways http://www.planenation.com/2011/10/03/boeing/first-b747-8-freighter-for-british-airways.htm http://www.planenation.com/2011/10/03/boeing/first-b747-8-freighter-for-british-airways.htm#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:11:23 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=861

The first IAG Cargo 747-8 freighter, painted in British Airways World Cargo livery, as it emerges from the paint hangar at Boeing’s Everett site in Washington.

IAG Cargo, through British Airways World Cargo, will take delivery of the first of three 747-8 freighters late October. These aircraft will be operated for British Airways World Cargo under a contract with Global Supply Systems, a 49 per cent UK affiliate of Atlas Air, owner of the aircraft. They will replace the current fleet of 747-400 freighters in operation.

Boeing took six days to paint the new 747-8 freighter – 240 gallons of mixed paint and primer were used by 50 employees working in shift rotation.

 

British Airways 747-8 World Cargo

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]]> http://www.planenation.com/2011/10/03/boeing/first-b747-8-freighter-for-british-airways.htm/feed 0 Boeing has received ICAO “heavy” designation for its 747-8, http://www.planenation.com/2011/10/03/boeing/boeing-has-received-icao-%e2%80%9cheavy%e2%80%9d-designation-for-its-747-8.htm http://www.planenation.com/2011/10/03/boeing/boeing-has-received-icao-%e2%80%9cheavy%e2%80%9d-designation-for-its-747-8.htm#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:01:50 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=858

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has granted Boeing the use of the heavy designation for its 747-8, continuing the wake separation rules established for the smaller 747-400.

Boeing said ICAO has sent a letter to its member nations that the 747-8 should maintain a 9.9km (5nm) separation distance from small aircraft weighing less than 19t (41,000lbs) and those in the large category below 136t (300,000lbs). For aircraft above 136t, separation distances have been reduced to 7.4km (4nm).

By comparison, Airbus’sA380, the only commercial aircraft to operate with the “super” designation requires an 11.1km (6nm) spacing ahead of heavy aircraft, a 13km (7nm) ahead of larger aircraft and 14.8km (8nm) ahead of small aircraft.

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]]> http://www.planenation.com/2011/10/03/boeing/boeing-has-received-icao-%e2%80%9cheavy%e2%80%9d-designation-for-its-747-8.htm/feed 0 Boeing will deliver the first 747-8 freighter to launch customer Cargolux on Sept. 19 http://www.planenation.com/2011/09/10/boeing/boeing-will-deliver-the-first-747-8-freighter-to-launch-customer-cargolux-on-sept-19.htm http://www.planenation.com/2011/09/10/boeing/boeing-will-deliver-the-first-747-8-freighter-to-launch-customer-cargolux-on-sept-19.htm#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:36:11 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=843

Boeing will deliver the first 747-8 freighter to launch customer Cargolux on Sept. 19, and turn over a second cargo-carrying jumbo jet two days later, the company announced Friday.

The plane, Boeing’s largest ever, won Federal Aviation Administration certification last month after a year and a half of testing.

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]]> http://www.planenation.com/2011/09/10/boeing/boeing-will-deliver-the-first-747-8-freighter-to-launch-customer-cargolux-on-sept-19.htm/feed 0 Boeing’s new twin 747-8 variants are set to make their international debut at the 2011 Paris air show http://www.planenation.com/2011/06/11/boeing/boeings-new-twin-747-8-variants-are-set-to-make-their-international-debut-at-the-2011-paris-air-show.htm http://www.planenation.com/2011/06/11/boeing/boeings-new-twin-747-8-variants-are-set-to-make-their-international-debut-at-the-2011-paris-air-show.htm#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:22:57 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=829

Boeing’s new twin 747-8 variants are set to make their international debut at the 2011 Paris air show, 42 years after the first 747-100 made its first introduction to the world at the biennial aerospace gathering in 1969.

Both the 747-8 Intercontinental, which has been in flight testing since 20 March, and the 747-8 Freighter, flying since February 2010, will visit Le Bourget along with the first 787, ZA001, an Air Berlin 737-700 with the Sky Interior and a Qatar Airways 777-200LR.

Boeing will bring its bespoke red, white, orange and gray “Sunrise” livery-painted 747-8I, RC001, to Le Bourget from 09:00 local time 19 June to the evening of 21 June. The 747-8F will follow on 20 June and will depart 22 June, while the 787 will be on display on 22 and 23 June.

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]]> http://www.planenation.com/2011/06/11/boeing/boeings-new-twin-747-8-variants-are-set-to-make-their-international-debut-at-the-2011-paris-air-show.htm/feed 0 Boeing successfully conducted the first flight of the fifth 747-8 Freighter http://www.planenation.com/2011/02/04/boeing/boeing-successfully-conducted-the-first-flight-of-the-fifth-747-8-freighter.htm http://www.planenation.com/2011/02/04/boeing/boeing-successfully-conducted-the-first-flight-of-the-fifth-747-8-freighter.htm#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:14:32 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=785

Boeing successfully conducted the first flight of the fifth 747-8 Freighter Thursday. The airplane, coded as RC523, took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., for a 3-hour, 30-minute flight before returning to Paine Field.

The flight included a standard 2-hour, 30-minute “B1″ flight profile that Boeing conducts on all production airplanes prior to delivery, plus an hour of engineering testing woven into the profile.

This is the fifth 747-8 Freighter being used in the flight-test program. Each airplane is used for a specific set of tests, with this airplane focusing on functionality and reliability testing.

The airplane will remain based at Paine Field throughout its test plan.

Boeing 747 8 first flight

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]]> http://www.planenation.com/2011/02/04/boeing/boeing-successfully-conducted-the-first-flight-of-the-fifth-747-8-freighter.htm/feed 0 Launch of the Boeing 747-8i http://www.planenation.com/2011/01/20/boeing/launch-of-the-boeing-747-8i.htm http://www.planenation.com/2011/01/20/boeing/launch-of-the-boeing-747-8i.htm#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:49:16 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=776

Watch the webcast on February 13th at 11am PST.

The-New-747-8-Intercontinental.jpg

 

Link:  http://www.newairplane.com/747/Incredible/

 

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]]> http://www.planenation.com/2011/01/20/boeing/launch-of-the-boeing-747-8i.htm/feed 0 Boeing’s first 747-8 Intercontinental called RC001 is finally starting systems checkouts called gauntlets http://www.planenation.com/2011/01/09/boeing/boeings-first-747-8-intercontinental-called-rc001-is-finally-starting-systems-checkouts-called-gauntlets.htm http://www.planenation.com/2011/01/09/boeing/boeings-first-747-8-intercontinental-called-rc001-is-finally-starting-systems-checkouts-called-gauntlets.htm#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:08:42 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=763

Boeing’s first 747-8 Intercontinental called RC001 is finally starting systems checkouts called gauntlets.
The tests will consist of:
  • A series of ground tests.
  • A closed loop simulation system called the Flight Emulation Test that simulates real flight.
  • A factory gauntlet which will simulate the resposiveness and functionality of aircraft systems.

Things should start picking for the passenger variant of the 747-8 soon and we should see more outside shots of the aircraft.

 

 

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Smoke in the cabin of ZA002, Boeing’s second 787 flight test aircraft prompted an evacuation of the 30-plus test personnel on board. The test aircraft was enroute to Harlingen, Texas on long range trials when smoke was seen in the main cabin.

The ZA002 touched down in Laredo after a fire broke out in the aft electronics equipment bay causing the flight deck primary flight displays and auto throttle to fail.

Boeing says ZA002 landed safely in Laredo, Texas and the crew evacuated the airplane safely. Boeing says ZA002 is on the ground in Laredo, Texas with its evacuation slides deployed.

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]]> http://www.planenation.com/2010/11/09/boeing/fire-in-boeing-787-cabin-forces-evacuation-in-laredo-texas.htm/feed 0 Boeing Achieves Power On for New 747-8 Intercontinental http://www.planenation.com/2010/11/05/boeing/boeing-achieves-power-on-for-new-747-8-intercontinental.htm http://www.planenation.com/2010/11/05/boeing/boeing-achieves-power-on-for-new-747-8-intercontinental.htm#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:42:28 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=726

Boeing has completed the power on sequence for the new 747-8 Intercontinental. This milestone enables the program to begin functional tests on the airplane.

Power on is a complex series of tasks that methodically energize and activate the airplane’s systems. In this critical stage of the assembly process, the electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems are brought on line.

Mechanics connected the 747-8 to an external power cart to energize the flight-deck display and maintenance systems. The electricity coursing through the airplane’s 133 miles (214 km) of wire will be as high as 105 kilovoltampere (kVa).

The program also activated the airplane’s hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Pressurized to 3,000 pounds per square inch (psi), the hydraulics power the flight control surfaces, landing gear, brakes and steering systems. The 160 psi applied to the pneumatic system enables the airplane to operate the environmental control systems and the leading-edge flaps.

Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental

(Artist’s Impression of 747-8i)

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The 747-8 takes the basic concept of the 747 we all know, and borrows technology from the Dreamliner. In the redesign, the new 747 will carry 51 more passengers and 26% more cargo, flying on more efficient engines. A total of 142 747-8′s have already been ordered, and the first ones should take to the skies in late 2011.

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