{"id":1217,"date":"2012-08-03T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2012-08-03T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T18:44:17","slug":"a-duo-of-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=1217","title":{"rendered":"A Duo of First’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday I managed to get myself into my first photography gig here in the USA. Even though I wasn’t being paid it was good to be able to still get some work for a purpose, something a bit out of the ordinary for me. \u00a0I was taking some photos for David at Airline Reporter<\/a> who was covering the launch of the United Airlines 787. It was held up at Everett mid morning so I had to take the morning off work, but I was not going to complain all that much really.<\/p>\n

The morning was great, I was getting my first foray into being a semi legit photographer (Although my skills are far from excellent, they need a bit of work) but I was also getting my first chance at stepping onboard a 787, and it would be a new 787, not even delivered yet… how cool is that!<\/p>\n

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It was an enourmous privilege to be able to access a brand new aircraft at a press event, and to be even thought of as press\/media… wow totally new concept for me. So I made sure I was on my best behaviour as well. All in all I definately probably was a bit more conservative than I should of been, but I didn’t want to end up on the “Naughty List” as it was termed during some conversations.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t there to blog about everything, so I won’t give a run down on the aircraft or the services or anything, for that you should read David’s site<\/a> but I will give you my thoughts on the 787 as a whole since it was my first time seeing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From UA 787 Launch<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The aircraft is pretty similar in my opinion to the size of a 767. Not as big as a 777 not as small as a 757 or 737. So good mix in between and it is apparent its replacing this aircraft. Interior feels damn spacious with the Sky interior bins etc, so that makes a whole other difference. The cockpit is pretty cool (got to sit in the Left seat \ud83d\ude00 \ud83d\ude00 ) and the Heads Up Display is really cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From UA 787 Launch<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The Exterior of the plane is just brilliant, this one was fitted with GE GenX engines, although unfortunately there was no badging on it to tell this so it was a bit hard to distinguish between these and the Rolls Royce Trents but damn they are big (not as big as a GE90 though). The nose is a bit wierd though, it so doesn’t seem similar to any other aircraft i’ve ever seen. It looks more bird like, rather than like a normal aircraft, kind of droopy if you will. The smooth lines of the composite and the raked wing tip are pretty good though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From UA 787 Launch<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I do like the livery over all. There has been a lot of bashing in the media (and i’m not towing the party line here), but I do like the tail. The Old Continental Globe does stand out on the tail and I do like the colours and the styling still. There was a number of unique logos just for the 787 but nothing like the livery ANA uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From UA 787 Launch<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I have to admit I was a little nervous to begin with yesterday, trying to make sure I didn’t let David down, or stuff up or make a fool of myself, but he was happy with my work and hopefully it means more opportunities in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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