OFFICIAL 747-8F "First Flight Thread" --- February 7, 2010

MarinerOne · 02-08-2010, 01:00 PM

(Dagnabit! I screwed up the date again ... should have been February 8th ... d'oh!!!

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The first flight has been delayed by about 30 minutes, from the original 10:10am PST schedule due to low visibility, which should be burning off shortly.

The first Boeing 747-8 (B748) will depart Snohomish County Airport (Everett, WA) this morning after 10:00AM PST for a test flight returning to the same airport.

The Boeing 747-8 (BOE501) is expected to take off on runway 34L at Paine Field.

The aircraft was under the command of Boeing Chief 747 Pilot Mark Feuerstein and senior test pilot Tom Imrich.

To watch a LIVE webcast of the event, visit:

http://747-8firstflight.com/

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Watch the first flight webcast streaming live from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, USA.

Webcast of the take-off and landing will go live 5 minutes prior to each event.

As first flights are dynamic, exact timing of this activity is subject to change.

Newfster · 02-08-2010, 01:06 PM

I am tracking it currently(along with my mom's flight)on flightaware.Will be great to finally see her fly.

payton89222 · 02-08-2010, 01:11 PM

Long live 747s!!!!! =)

1:200Freak · 02-08-2010, 01:14 PM

Will that link work...the last time for the 787 there was nothing playing on it....nothing live at least. (Not sure if it is blocked outside the US)

MarinerOne · 02-08-2010, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Newfster

I am tracking it currently(along with my mom's flight)on flightaware.Will be great to finally see her fly.

Cool ... FlightAware.com is the "official" flight tracking site of Boeing ... here's their link for those who wish to track the flight of RC501.

FlightAware > Boeing Commercial Airplane Group #501

Newfster · 02-08-2010, 01:16 PM

By the looks of it the webcast is working..I see people walking around and words saying "Webcast delayed due to weather".

aritzer · 02-08-2010, 01:22 PM

The site doesn't work for me either, the only videos are the "making of" and "taxi test" (I'm in Canada as well).

I'll have to watch it on a local Seattle newsfeed, at this link I can see the people walking around with the weather delay writing on it so I'm good to go!

First Flight Of Boeing 747-8 Freighter - Video - KIRO Seattle

Newfster · 02-08-2010, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by aritzer

The site doesn't work for me either, the only videos are the "making of" and "taxi test" (I'm in Canada as well).

I'll have to watch it on a local Seattle newsfeed, at this link I can see the people walking around with the weather delay writing on it so I'm good to go!

First Flight Of Boeing 747-8 Freighter - Video - KIRO Seattle

Yeah I can see that on the link provided in the first post.

1:200Freak · 02-08-2010, 01:24 PM

aritzer thanks for the link......the official site is useless!!

MarinerOne · 02-08-2010, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 1:200Freak

aritzer thanks for the link......the official site is useless!!

The official site won't go "live" until about 5 minutes before the actual flight ... so hang in there with the rest of us!

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 02:34 PM

Leave it to M1 to make it official!

airplanenut5588 · 02-08-2010, 02:34 PM

I know we have weird weather patters here in the northwest, but right now its sunny and broken in Renton, so do we have to wait much longer?

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 02:35 PM

Still delayed! AAUUGG!!

sla31 · 02-08-2010, 02:37 PM

I thought I was gonna miss it because I went to lunch, but it's still delayed!

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by sla31

I thought I was gonna miss it because I went to lunch, but it's still delayed!

Ditto but yet again the only movement I'm catching is the ground crew. I hope it flies before my 3:00 class.

Bill-ay · 02-08-2010, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sla31

I thought I was gonna miss it because I went to lunch, but it's still delayed!

Yeah, they probably gonna say its delayed for another year knowing Boeing.

sla31 · 02-08-2010, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mastershake747

Ditto but yet again the only movement I'm catching is the ground crew. I hope it flies before my 3:00 class.

Yeah I have a class at 3 too, and it's a 2 hour class, so if it doesn't go before then I'm pretty much out of luck.

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill-ay

Yeah, they probably gonna say its delayed for another year knowing Boeing.

Aww dude don't jinx it!!!

MarinerOne · 02-08-2010, 02:43 PM

The official word is that the flight will take place within the next hour, so sometime before 12:30pm PST ... stay tuned!

sla31 · 02-08-2010, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mastershake747

Aww dude don't jinx it!!!

Man! I should of thought about that before I spoke.

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Originally Posted by MarinerOne

The official word is that the flight will take place within the next hour, so sometime before 12:30pm PST ... stay tuned!

That's good news! I'm ready to see it in the air!

airplanenut5588 · 02-08-2010, 02:46 PM

Its to bad this is not the pax version, its kind of wierd having the first variant/first flight be a cargo plane. Still, its going to be great to see this in the sky

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aritzer · 02-08-2010, 02:51 PM

At least we can watch the guys walking around in white coveralls to pass the time (that's if you aren't glued to the Boeing site waiting for a feed).

sla31 · 02-08-2010, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by aritzer

At least we can watch the guys walking around in white coveralls to pass the time (that's if you aren't glued to the Boeing site waiting for a feed).

And every once and a while a car drives by! And a forklift just drove by! That is the highlight so far!

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 02:54 PM

Now a black van!

sla31 · 02-08-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mastershake747

Now a black van!

now it's showing me that the dow jones is down today????

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 02:57 PM

What exactly is the weather delay? I don't see a problem!

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 03:00 PM

There! Talking!!

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 03:01 PM

It's the same dude that narrated the 787.

MarinerOne · 02-08-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mastershake747

There! Talking!!

It's a-LIVE!!!

Estimated flight time is closer to 12:30pm ... engines are being started now as I type.

Newfster · 02-08-2010, 03:19 PM

Yay!!!Its live.

MarinerOne · 02-08-2010, 03:20 PM

Webcast is LIVE again ... tune in at Boeing 747-8 Freighter First Flight

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 03:24 PM

I hope they hurry. I don't want to resort to skipping my class

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 03:26 PM

4 min early she's a moving!

Newfster · 02-08-2010, 03:27 PM

Shes a-moving!

fly Frontier · 02-08-2010, 03:33 PM

OMG! its movin!

N. Eberhard · 02-08-2010, 03:34 PM

2 people on board a 747. How often does that happen?!

Very cool that they are streaming ATC.

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 03:34 PM

Cleared for takeoff!

Mastershake747 · 02-08-2010, 03:39 PM

And she graces the sky!!

Newfster · 02-08-2010, 03:40 PM

There she goes!

SuperKungFu · 02-08-2010, 03:41 PM

WOOOT its up

fly Frontier · 02-08-2010, 03:41 PM

It flew!...

1:200Freak · 02-08-2010, 03:41 PM

She's up....thank you aritzer for that link....Sorry M1 I could not trust the official link

(and miss it like last time with the 787)

mjabbasi · 02-08-2010, 03:42 PM

Well of course it flew!! How can it not??

aritzer · 02-08-2010, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 1:200Freak

She's up....thank you aritzer for that link....Sorry M1 I could not trust the official link

(and miss it like last time with the 787)

No worries. I had both sites streaming and found the KiroTV feed to be better quality and if nothing else a different vantage point (from a helicopter).

fly Frontier · 02-08-2010, 03:47 PM

If anyone wants to track it, here is a link. NOTE: It is probably 5 minutes behind real life (FAA rules).

FlightAware > Boeing Commercial Airplane Group #501

A Tupolev · 02-08-2010, 03:59 PM

Any links to a recorded video. Some of us have to work today, so i missed live stream.

MarinerOne · 02-08-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by A Tupolev

Any links to a recorded video. Some of us have to work today, so i missed live stream.

I was working, but was able to keep it streaming from my secondary computer monitor ... will be able to share on YouTube shortly!

MarinerOne · 02-08-2010, 04:09 PM

Here's the vid of the webcast shown on the official Boeing site ... looked like a missile taking off ... she was movin' pretty fast!

WestjetterO · 02-08-2010, 04:43 PM

YAY! The 747-8 finally flew. Probably didn't get as much attention as the 787 did from the media. But nonetheless it's great news that it flew the coop

. Thanks M1 for all the Pics, Videos and Updates. Too bad I missed it, I was in class

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fly Frontier · 02-08-2010, 04:47 PM

Interesting flight plane it is taking!

FlightAware > Boeing Commercial Airplane Group #501