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Title: Check this 787 ETOPS test! Cool!
Post by: 727737Nut on February 16, 2012, 05:52:41 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dreamliner-jet-draws-boeing-logo-across-north-america-163127660.html (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dreamliner-jet-draws-boeing-logo-across-north-america-163127660.html)

Title: Re: Check this 787 ETOPS test! Cool!
Post by: Trevor Hale on February 16, 2012, 05:55:45 AM

OMG Hilarious.. Thats one expensive flight to just draw some lines on a flightaware screen! But very cool indeed.

Thanks for posting this.

Trev

Title: Re: Check this 787 ETOPS test! Cool!
Post by: Maurice on February 16, 2012, 07:42:38 AM

Boys & their toys ::) :)

Did they fly that route on one engine? If not, how does this test ETOPS? Isn't ETOPS the ability of a twin engine plane to fly on one engine & reach a suitable alternate located a given distance away based on the type of ETOPS certification?

If they flew with both engines, then I really don't understand the point of this. My guess would be that they flew part of the way with both engines and then shut one off when they were X miles from an airport, flew to that airport and then did the same later on. That would make sense I think.

Maurice

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