So, Boeing reveals the 787 Dreamliner to a breathlessly waiting world:
The Boeing Co. unveiled its first fully assembled 787 yesterday to an
audience of thousands who packed into its widebody assembly plant for
the plane’s premiere.
With flight attendants on stage from each airline that has ordered the
jet, the giant factory doors opened wide as the Boeing 787, which the
company calls the Dreamliner, slowly moved into view.
Boeing has received more than 600 orders for the midsize, long-haul
jet, which the company says will burn less fuel, be cheaper to maintain
and offer more passenger comforts than comparable planes flying today.
The 787, Boeing’s first all-new jet since the 777 in 1995, will be the
world’s first large commercial airplane made mostly of carbon fiber
composites, which are lighter, more durable and less prone to corrosion
than aluminum.
Of course, the 787 Dreamliner is the most appalling plane, a foul beast, one that no one should ever agree to fly upon, one that should fail, be excised from history even, one that will, when used, lead to dogs lying down with cats, rivers of blood and the end of human civilization, if not the return of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Ahem. Did I mention I was a supplier to Airbus?
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