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Boeing 787 Landing at Reagan National
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WOW, Nice video. Great landing to the crew... What a greased on landing. Barely any smoke at all on them wheels.
She's such a smooth flyer.
Beautiful!!
I sure do wish someone would have told me...
Exactly. I was just there two weeks ago to visit. I would've postponed my visit had I'd known. #@%$@#
It appears to be Boeing is really showing off that wide body aircraft can use those airports where Airbus cannot land or take off. For example, Japan Airline will start service to/from Narita, Japan to San Diego CA. I'm sure most of people know that San Diego has 9400feet runway, yet they plan to fly non stop to Japan.
Konichiwa Masao! We are indeed excited in San Diego about JAL's upcoming non-stop to Tokyo from SAN on the beautiful 787 - I took video of it when it was here at SAN, and have posted it to YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KMAtqF--YA
As I understand the situation, the limiting factor at SAN is not the length of the runway, but the terrain at the end of the runway. A plane must be able to take-off and climb out safely on one engine (theorizing a single engine failure right at lift-off), clearing the Point Loma hills. British Airways pulls this off with an albeit-weight-restricted 777, flying non-stop to London Heathrow. The 787 was designed with Lindbergh Field in mind, giving airlines like JAL a chance to serve SAN with a non-stop, eliminating the "tech" stop that would be required with other airplanes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KMAtqF--YA
As I understand the situation, the limiting factor at SAN is not the length of the runway, but the terrain at the end of the runway. A plane must be able to take-off and climb out safely on one engine (theorizing a single engine failure right at lift-off), clearing the Point Loma hills. British Airways pulls this off with an albeit-weight-restricted 777, flying non-stop to London Heathrow. The 787 was designed with Lindbergh Field in mind, giving airlines like JAL a chance to serve SAN with a non-stop, eliminating the "tech" stop that would be required with other airplanes.