{"id":819,"date":"2019-11-27T19:53:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T02:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=819"},"modified":"2023-11-27T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:52:13","slug":"boeing-787-8","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/boeing-787-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing 787-8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Boeing-787-8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Boeing-787-8.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the latest in Boeing\u2019s family of jet airliners that began with the 707 in the late 1950s.\u00a0 The Dreamliner incorporates many technological innovations that serve to enhance the aircraft\u2019s performance in terms of both flight and economics.\u00a0 The aircraft is the first large commercial aircraft to feature an airframe made almost entirely of composite materials instead of aluminum.\u00a0 Nearly 80% of the aircraft is made of carbon fiber composites.\u00a0 This, along with new advanced engines and aerodynamic innovations in the shape of the aircraft\u2019s wings, make the 787 one of the most fuel efficient and cost-effective jet airliners ever built.\u00a0 Flight testing on the 787 began in 2009 with the first aircraft entering service with All Nippon Airways in 2011.\u00a0 Boeing has received orders for over 1,000 aircraft in three major variants.<\/p>\n<p>Built by Boeing Aircraft Company at Everett, Washington and delivered on December 22, 2009, this is the second prototype of the 787-8 Dreamliner to be produced.\u00a0 It participated along with the other prototypes in the aircraft testing and certification that lasted from late 2009 until 2011.\u00a0 After the testing program was completed, the aircraft was placed in storage at Palmdale, California.\u00a0 It was donated to the Pima Air &amp; Space Museum in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>197 ft 3 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>186 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>55 ft 6 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>502,500 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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