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Boeing 787 Dreamliner“Dreamliner”
Boeing · First flight 2009 · in service since 2011
Seats
242–336
Range (nmi)
≈7,600 (-9)
Cruise
Mach 0.85
Wingspan
60.1 m
Length
62.8 m (-9)
Engines
GEnx-1B / Rolls-Royce Trent 1000
Variants
787-8, 787-9, 787-10
How to spot one
- ✓Dramatically raked, high-flex wings — in cruise they sweep up like a gull's
- ✓Sawtooth chevrons on the engine nacelle exhaust
- ✓Four-panel cockpit glass with no separate eyebrow windows
- ✓Smooth nose that blends straight into the fuselage — no cockpit 'step'
The first airliner built mostly from carbon fiber, and the one that changed how long-haul feels from the inside: a lower 6,000-ft cabin altitude, higher humidity, and huge electronically-dimmable windows because the composite hull can take the pressure. Its bleedless electric architecture and long thin-route economics spawned hundreds of new city pairs that never justified a bigger jet. The 787-9 on this site's board is the type's sweet spot.
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