London: An eyepopping rehearsal video of Boeing, released on Friday, showed off its newest version of the Dreamliner aircraft, the 787-9. The jet performed some impressive and beautiful banks and ascents. The Dreamliner is scheduled to perform next week at the Paris Air Show. “Some of what you are seeing on take off is a trick of perspective,” said 767 pilot Patrick Smith. He added: “It looks like the takeoff is at a near vertical 90 degree angle trust me it’s not.”
“Presumably the plane was very light because it wasn’t carrying passengers, probably had a very light fuel load, no freight, so it would have been able to perform a steeper than normal ascent but not to the extent the video seems to show,” Smith said.“But for demonstration purposes, under lightweight conditions, it is perfectly natural for this airplane to do that. It’s nothing dangerous.”
Inside the cockpit during the rehearsal, Smith said, the pilots may have been offering verbal cues to each other while keeping an eye on the airspeed, rate of climb, altitude and on a 787, all these things are combined on the same display screen.Smith said: “If they’re pushing the envelope and having fun, they might be going a bit past what the command bars are showing, but just temporarily again, it’s the Paris Air Show!”
