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Boeing's First 787-10 Enters into Final Assembly

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Boeing said on Thursday it has begun the final assembly of the first 787-10, a production milestone for the third and largest member of the Dreamliners. (airwaysmag.com) More...

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caltankoo
Calvin Chan 1
7810 Seven Eight Ten would be a good indicator
drjquinn
Dr John Quinn 1
Calvin: that was the point of the question. I'm looking for a three-digit indicator, per the examples you would see on an airline schedule: 737-800 becomes 738; a 747-8i becomes a 748. This isn't that.
royhunte92
Roy Hunte 1
pilot62
Seven Eight One
drjquinn
Dr John Quinn 1
Well, thank you. And what would criteria be for said naming? Because it would preclude using another "781" for any future potential downsize craft on the same frame being the "781", short for 787-11, (should Boeing go the Airbus route to smaller craft, á la the A318,-9s). Probably stretching the probabilities beyond their reality, but fun to discuss... thanks for your conjecture, Scott.

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OccamsRazor
Ben Bosley 0
Boeing designs airplanes. They design components and contract to various companies to manufacture them.
Cadefoster
Cade foster 1
Looking forward to seeing this beauty!
Vectorer
Vectorer 1
Whoops...CORRECTION. Make that B781, but we will see.
Vectorer
Vectorer 0
Should be B789...
jimcander
Jim Anderson 2
Already have the B789..
drjquinn
Dr John Quinn 1
What will be the three-digit indicator for this craft, as seen in timetables (e.g. 777-300= 773; 787-9= 789)? Would it be 781 or 780?
royhunte92
Roy Hunte 1
Actually B78X
royhunte92
Roy Hunte 0
Or B78J like they did with the A35K.

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