everything you could ever need to know about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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>Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

Length: 57 m.

Wing span: 60 m.

Maximum number of passengers; 242.

>How Far Does It go?

Boeing 737-700: 6,370km

Boeing 747-400ER: 14,297km

Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner: 13,621km

>What it’s like on the inside

The largest windows on any commercial aircraft, with electronic dimmer switches.

LED mood lighting, with a range of colours.

HEPA filters remove airborne particles.

Humidity is 15% in the cabin, compared to 4% on previous aircraft.

Inflight entertainment system uses iPadlike touchscreens.

>Five cool things about the dreamliner

1) It can order its own parts

2) It can automatically adjust to combat turbulence

3) It will self-correct if it’s in distress

4) It’s expected to connect 450 city pairs

5) Cray supercomputers spent 800,000 processing hours on the 787’s design

$206.8 million THE 787-8 DREAMLINER (MID-SIZED) COSTS

>More About Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 Dreamliner

Models;

787-8 was the first variant,

787-9 was the second variant of Dreamliner.

Although the two models are very similar to each other, the 787-9 is a slightly longer model as a body. The bodies of both are made of composite materials.

The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner’s body is made from high-quality composite materials. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner produces less noise and emission, requires less maintenance and fuel consumption. Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner’s range is about 14,140 km. 280 passengers capacity The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is equiped with luxurious interiors.

>Where the parts of Boeing 787 Dreamliner are from...

JAPAN

1 Wing boxes

2 Fixed trailing edges

3 Mid-fuselage section

ITALY

4 Mid-fuselage sections

5 Horizontal stabilisers

SOUTH KOREA

6 Wing tips

7 Tail cone

CHINA

8 Tail rudder

9 Tail leading edge

CANADA

10 Landing-gear doors

USA

11 Nose cone

12 Rear fuselage

13 Vertical fin

SWEDEN

14 Cargo doors

FRANCE

15 Passenger doors

16 Landing-gear parts