787, Boeing logo flight

BFI-local, 19.4 (quite a log entry)
 
Heh. I love these. They've done a bunch of them, as has Gulfstream. Cool that Flightaware exists so we can see it. Wonder how they file the flight plan.
 
Looks like maybe they are aborting...
 
I got a kick out of what they filed...

SEA J12 EPH GEG 4733N 11706W 4236N 11831W 4450N 11752W 4414N 11230W 4710N 11126W 4714N 11125W 4730N 11443W 4214N 11629W 4140N 11325W 4714N 11126W 4645N 10711W 4105N 11056W 4405N 10902W CZI KD81U KD72W 4148N 10335W HANKI YANKI ONL 4201N 9830W KP72C CVA 4148N 9034W GIZCY FOD KP81C KP87A ONL ATY 4523N 9711W KP12C 4743N 9843W 4845N 9655W 4755N 9857W KP15A KP06Y 4248N 10523W MBW ALPOE 4026N 10616W KD60U 3947N 10516W DVV KD60W BENNZ KD63W 4027N 10500W 4040N 10510W 4131N 10501W GYZ KD81W 4728N 9907W 4610N 9804W AMMAJ SOBME 4400N 9820W 4324N 9850W ADEDY ANW 4203N 10104W ALU KD75W 4245N 10424W 4333N 10518W 4404N 10552W 4437N 10558W MARLS YAFLU KU15W POVNY KP18Y 4746N 10000W 4742N 9930W 4753N 9901W MIB JINUK LAMBE 4711N 10515W MLS 4603N 10613W FOURS CZI 4406N 10900W 4643N 10703W 4734N 11444W 4439N 11546W MADPE 4733N 11701W SEA

Foreflight choked on the Lat/Long format...

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But it tried!

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Only 44 hrs in my Skylane. Haha.

And for the Eagle-eyes... Yes I need to download the rest of the latest chart update still. ;)
 
flightwriter said:
Looks like they're continuing on -- over the Nebraska panhandle as I'm typing this.
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Not quite on the homestretch now, but certainly on the last quarter.

Flightaware fooled me with a change in projected track (dashed line). Sorry Boeing, I'm sure you guys never thought of aborting on your logo run.
 
Wow that plane has quite a range at 7:28 EST they have 14:55 in the bag and 4 hours left . Impressive!

So the real question is why is Boeing doing this? I mean really who but a bunch of geek pilots who hang on web boards are even going to notice this?
 
AdamZ said:
So the real question is why is Boeing doing this? I mean really who but a bunch of geek pilots who hang on web boards are even going to notice this?
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You have to understand, engineers are geeks.

The 787 is still undergoing certification testing, and they need to burn off the flight hours for testing purposes anyway. Giving the FMS a complicated routing may also be part of the test.

Engineers like to do things like this just because it's cool. On one program I was on, we had the computer output a dialog box of "Dollars per hour", which took your fuel flow and multiplied it by the average cost of a gallon of 100LL.
 
The 747 version was much uglier. Someone has written some software to figure out the waypoints, methinks.
 
My thought is that, after the 747 flight got some publicity for Boeing, the reps figured out that they should do something that would get publicity for the 787.
 
denverpilot said:
Only 44 hrs in my Skylane. Haha. ;)
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I have a Q. Assuming you accurately entered the flight plan, why did FF so flub the routing? Operationally, could you expect your own flight plan to be likewise FUBAR'd? Ha, in the most literal sense is the screen shot a FUBAR.
 
AdamZ said:
Wow that plane has quite a range at 7:28 EST they have 14:55 in the bag and 4 hours left . Impressive!

So the real question is why is Boeing doing this? I mean really who but a bunch of geek pilots who hang on web boards are even going to notice this?
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Well, they probably need to be airborne for that long for some reason (testing on a cold soaked plane or doing other real time tests, plus proving the plane can fly for 19+hrs), why not do something "fun"?
 
I'm thinking the only way this airframe will pay is on the long routes...Dallas to Sydney, Aust or New York to Hong Kong...something like that.

I have no idea but I suspect oceanic routes will require actual flight time + ETOPS.
 
Richard said:
I have a Q. Assuming you accurately entered the flight plan, why did FF so flub the routing? Operationally, could you expect your own flight plan to be likewise FUBAR'd? Ha, in the most literal sense is the screen shot a FUBAR.
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No, it's just that FF doesn't like the format of the Lat/Long coordinates shown by the Flightaware site. It can do Lat/Long, it's just a different format.

I cut and pasted from Flightaware to FF just to see what it'd do, just for fun. It got "close" minus all the Lat/Long waypoints. It threw those out with a warning pop-up prior to that screenshot.
 
Cool. Looks like they flew directly over my house on the return leg. I shoulda waved......
 
DeeG said:
Cool. Looks like they flew directly over my house on the return leg. I shoulda waved......
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There's a lot of photographers using FlightAware and really long lenses to shoot those really cool photos of airliners going overhead in the Flight Levels. Some are really good at it.
 
Here it is in Foreflight:

SEA J12 EPH GEG 47.33N/117.06W 42.36N/118.31W 44.50N/117.52W 44.14N/112.30W 47.10N/111.26W 47.14N/111.25W 47.30N/114.43W 42.14N/116.29W 41.40N/113.25W 47.14N/111.26W 46.45N/107.11W 41.05N/110.56W 44.05N/109.02W CZI KD81U KD72W 41.48N/103.35W HANKI YANKI ONL 42.01N/98.30W KP72C CVA 41.48N/90.34W GIZCY FOD KP81C KP87A ONL ATY 45.23N/97.11W KP12C 47.43N/98.43W 48.45N/96.55W 47.55N/98.57W KP15A KP06Y 42.48N/105.23W MBW ALPOE 40.26N/106.16W KD60U 39.47N/105.16W DVV KD60W BENNZ KD63W 40.27N/105.00W 40.40N/105.10W 41.31N/105.01W GYZ KD81W 47.28N/99.07W 46.10N/98.04W AMMAJ SOBME 44.00N/98.20W 43.24N/98.50W ADEDY ANW 42.03N/101.04W ALU KD75W 42.45N/104.24W 43.33N/105.18W 44.04N/105.52W 44.37N/105.58W MARLS YAFLU KU15W POVNY KP18Y 47.46N/100.00W 47.42N/99.30W 47.53N/99.01W MIB JINUK LAMBE 47.11N/105.15W MLS 46.03N/106.13W FOURS CZI 44.06N/109.00W 46.43N/107.03W 47.34N/114.44W 44.39N/115.46W MADPE 47.33N/117.01W SEA

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TangoWhiskey said:
What are the KDxxx and KPxxx waypoints?
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Ah, they are on the exact lines of latitude where they cross lines of longitude, on the Enroute High charts, every 3 degrees. KD75W, KD78W, KD81W, for example. Not sure if there are 'uncharted' KD76W and KD77W...
 
TangoWhiskey said:
Here it is in Foreflight:

SEA J12 EPH GEG 47.33N/117.06W 42.36N/118.31W 44.50N/117.52W 44.14N/112.30W 47.10N/111.26W 47.14N/111.25W 47.30N/114.43W 42.14N/116.29W 41.40N/113.25W 47.14N/111.26W 46.45N/107.11W 41.05N/110.56W 44.05N/109.02W CZI KD81U KD72W 41.48N/103.35W HANKI YANKI ONL 42.01N/98.30W KP72C CVA 41.48N/90.34W GIZCY FOD KP81C KP87A ONL ATY 45.23N/97.11W KP12C 47.43N/98.43W 48.45N/96.55W 47.55N/98.57W KP15A KP06Y 42.48N/105.23W MBW ALPOE 40.26N/106.16W KD60U 39.47N/105.16W DVV KD60W BENNZ KD63W 40.27N/105.00W 40.40N/105.10W 41.31N/105.01W GYZ KD81W 47.28N/99.07W 46.10N/98.04W AMMAJ SOBME 44.00N/98.20W 43.24N/98.50W ADEDY ANW 42.03N/101.04W ALU KD75W 42.45N/104.24W 43.33N/105.18W 44.04N/105.52W 44.37N/105.58W MARLS YAFLU KU15W POVNY KP18Y 47.46N/100.00W 47.42N/99.30W 47.53N/99.01W MIB JINUK LAMBE 47.11N/105.15W MLS 46.03N/106.13W FOURS CZI 44.06N/109.00W 46.43N/107.03W 47.34N/114.44W 44.39N/115.46W MADPE 47.33N/117.01W SEA

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So did you use Excel or perl to fix all of them?

Or were you old-skool with tr, awk, or sed? ;)
 
Close. I did it with a Regex capture/substitution expression in Notepad++'s advanced search & replace.
 
TangoWhiskey said:
Close. I did it with a Regex capture/substitution expression in Notepad++'s advanced search & replace.
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Heh.

Notepad++ is the only way to fly on Windows if you don't have Cygwin loaded.

I do draw the line at Strawberry Perl though. No no no. ;)
 
And the obligatory news story: Link

Nothing like a great promotional piece for Boeing and Flightaware.
 
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