Seat on first 787 Dreamliner sells for $34,000

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25 Oct 2011 21:48 #1 by CinnamonGirl

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A single seat on the first commercial flight of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner has been bought for more than $34,000 in a charity sale organised by Japan's ANA, the company said Tuesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/seat-first-787-dr ... 02287.html

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ScienceChic
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25 Oct 2011 22:03 #2 by ScienceChic

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My hubby can't wait to fly on one of these! I don't get it, but then I'm not 6'3" and I don't have to rack up 70K in mileage each year either...

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LOL
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26 Oct 2011 06:01 #3 by LOL

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The 787 is a very cool new Boeing plane. Composite fuselage instead of aluminum, and higher pressure and humidity for comfort. Big windows.

I worked in San Diego for one of Boeing's suppliers a few years ago on the cooling and circulation fans that go into this. There is alot of other new electrical tech in the plane too.

One of the concerns with composites is Lightning and grounding of systems on the plane, since there is no aluminum shell, although the military had experience with that already.

I doubt many of us will get to fly it soon though, it is mostly for over seas flights to New Zealand or Japan.