Comments on: It Looks Like the Future. Up Close and Personal With the 787.

By: 757MAX

757MAX — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:09:28 +0000

It’s a very good-looking & futuristic aircraft. The nose has really grown on me (as you say, it’s very Comet/Caravelle-like), and I love the raked wingtips & serrated engine nacelles. I’m not so sure about the tail, but it’s the most distinctive tail since the 747.

Best-looking variant, I don’t know actually. The -8 looks very aggresive with the stubby fuselage accentuating the large engines, the -9 is the most balanced, and the -10 is the most elegant. Right now I have a slight preference for the 788.

Best liveries
787-8: Aeromexico
787-9: El Al retro (Best standard livery: KLM)
787-10: KLM

By: Ed Davis

Ed Davis — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 01:35:48 +0000

All Passenger jet Aircraft look Boringly alike. They Need something unique like the iconic 747 to take to the sky’s again.
Most aircraft looks mostly like they just slap two wings and a tail on a Tube and call it a jet.

By: lisa_1

lisa_1 — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:25:11 +0000

Well, obviously, this is solely my opinion, but the Dreamliner is the most gorgeous aircraft to ever take to the skies. That said, unfortunately, this aircraft still is incorrectly associated with having problems even nowadays due to the 737 MAX program, where all 737 MAXs worldwide are grounded as of the date of this comment. However, never despair; the reason why I write this comment is because the Dreamliner ought to have another niche to be in, that is, transporting freight solely. Think FedEx, UPS, and/or DHL; the Dreamliner would contain more beauty in these liveries, especially because all three courier companies need to update their aircraft fleet ASAP anyway.

By: rdogg14

rdogg14 — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:16:07 +0000

Well, it seems quite obvious as to why Boeing would opt for their Dreamliner to have the nose shape that it does; for similar reasons, automobiles, regardless of being sports cars or a standard sedan, nowadays don’t look like basically three squares (two small ones and one big one where the big one is center of the adjoining two small ones). Put them both in a wind-test tunnel, and then the advantages are made even more apparent. Cheers!

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:59:29 +0000

In reply to Satadru Sen. the sameness of airliner design could be the result of all trying to achieve the same thing - maximum aerodynamic efficiency.

By: UncleStu

UncleStu — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:53:01 +0000

“steroidal beluga (the A380)”

That says it all.

By: Alan Dahl

Alan Dahl — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 22:33:28 +0000

There is a 787-10 at Boeing Field in Seattle undergoing flight testing and each time I see it I am struck by how much better it looks than the shorter -8 and -9. It’s really quite stunning in person. But then I’m someone who thinks one of the best-looking jetliners of all time was the DC-8-61 so I guess long and thin aircraft look good to my eyes.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 02:41:45 +0000

I think both the 787 and its arch rival A350 have a nose that is too short.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:43:53 +0000

In reply to Tod. It's odd looking from some perspectives, but I love the winglets.

By: Tod

Tod — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:00:18 +0000

What are your thoughts on the A350? I think that at least from the front it is quite attractive