787 sees the light & KPAE 5/3/09

**jerslice** · 2009-05-03, 08:34 PM

Came out to the fuel docks today from the paint hangar. I missed the rollout by 5 minutes, and had to settle for under par, sketchy shooting instead. They hid it conveniently behind the an LCF, so I apologize for the extreme lack of quality.
A BA772 and a Kalitta 742 got add to the mix!

BA 772

Kalitta 742

**MarkLawrence** · 2009-05-03, 08:54 PM

Ohhhh.....sexy....I wonder if they have a rescheduled date set for the first flight yet?? That's going to be a heck of a catch Jeremy!

**T-Bird76** · 2009-05-03, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by MarkLawrence

Ohhhh.....sexy....I wonder if they have a rescheduled date set for the first flight yet?? That's going to be a heck of a catch Jeremy!

She's scheduled to fly in June Mark.

**Matt Molnar** · 2009-05-03, 10:14 PM

Nice effort, Jeremy. Too bad you didn't catch her, you likely would have produced better results than these official Boeing photos...

**jerslice** · 2009-05-03, 10:16 PM

They used a bit much shadow highlight in the first one ;-) lol

**MarkLawrence** · 2009-05-03, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by T-Bird76

She's scheduled to fly in June Mark.

Sweet - that is going to be a lovely sight to see!

**mirrodie** · 2009-05-04, 01:15 AM

I get chills. To think that I knocked on that bird and the bottom sounded like the hull of my racing shell in college.

Amazing whats to be done with carbon fibers

**jerslice** · 2009-05-04, 01:24 AM

Nice effort, Jeremy. Too bad you didn't catch her

Thanks...the BA & Kalitta made up for it! They picked a crappy time of day to do it though. About 1pm with a high sun...plus the only place that I could've safely (and probably legally) gone was the future of flight lot - and the few people who were there had awful heat haze. It was a no win matter what. Now if I were the Boeing photographer...that'd be different :-)

**SmAlbany** · 2009-05-04, 08:59 AM

Great pictures!

Any idea what the little window that looks like it is above the FO's head is for?

Cockpit skylight? I did not see one on the Captain's side.

**moose135** · 2009-05-04, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by mirrodie

I get chills. To think that I knocked on that bird and the bottom sounded like the hull of my racing shell in college.

There's the reason for all the delays - fixing the dents Mario put in her! :D

Originally Posted by SmAlbany

Any idea what the little window that looks like it is above the FO's head is for?

Cockpit skylight? I did not see one on the Captain's side.

You don't see it in the Boeing shot that Matt posted - I wonder if it's an access door or cockpit escape hatch?

**T-Bird76** · 2009-05-04, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by SmAlbany

Great pictures!

Any idea what the little window that looks like it is above the FO's head is for?

Cockpit skylight? I did not see one on the Captain's side.

That's a escape hatch not a skylight, lol