B7E7 Dreamliner

[skyrobbie]

Il nuove boeing 7E7 Dreamliner si chiamerà...Boeing 787, che segue cronologicamente il 777...che fantasia! Vabbè non è che potevano chiamarlo in altro modo del resto....

[AZ1774]

Perchè non hanno lasciato 7E7?

787 non suona bene, vabbeh, basta che stia in aria !!

Daniele

[marcogiov]

Boeing: Name change for 7E7 uncertain


SEATTLE Boeing hasn't yet decided whether to stick with tradition and assign a 700-series number to its 7-E-7 Dreamliner aircraft.

A spokeswoman for the 7-E-7 program said today that there are some at the Chicago-based company who want to keep the 'E' and others who want to go with a number.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer quotes company sources as saying the twinjet will be designated the 7-87. It's scheduled to go into service in 2008.

The report says the president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Alan Mulally, wants to make an announcement when an expected order for 60 Dreamliners comes in from Chinese airlines.

The number eight is considered good luck in China, partly because in both the Mandarin and Cantonese dialects the number is pronounced much the same as the word "to make money".

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[marcogiov]

Boeing 7E7 to die, but 787 to be born
It's all a part of tradition -- and a nod to the Chinese

By JAMES WALLACE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER AEROSPACE REPORTER

The 7E7 jetliner won't fly.

Not by that name, anyway.

The Boeing Co. has decided to stay with tradition and change the jetliner's name to the 787, according to people familiar with the matter. Boeing's last new jet was the 777. It's first commercial jet was the 707.

No official announcement has been made, however, because Boeing commercial airplanes boss Alan Mulally would like to wait until a group of Chinese airlines places what is expected to be the biggest 7E7 order yet -- for at least 60 planes and perhaps more, these people said.

The number "8" is considered good luck in China.

In Mandarin, the main language of China, as well as in Cantonese, the pronunciation of "eight" sounds the same as the word to make money.

In China, people want -- and pay money for -- license plates that end with the number 8, or phone numbers that end with the number. Weddings are planned around dates that include the number.

The China Olympics will begin at 8 p.m. on 8/8/08.

Boeing would be showing just how much it values China as a customer and partner if the 7E7 name change coincides with an announcement by China that some of its airlines will buy the 7E7 -- in time to fly passengers on the Boeing jet to the Beijing Olympics.

No Chinese airline has ever been the launch customer for a Boeing or Airbus plane.

Boeing won't confirm that a decision has been made to change the 7E7 name but has acknowledged the matter is being discussed.

It is not clear if the name change will be announced this year if the Chinese 7E7 order is still pending.

The timing of airplane order announcements by Chinese airlines are nearly impossible to predict, because the government has final say about aircraft purchases in that country. Politics can often delay announcements even when airlines have already made a decision to buy new jets.

So for now, Boeing's plane is still known as the 7E7 (the "E" standing for efficiency).

It is not unusual early in a Boeing aircraft development program for the name of a proposed new jet to have a letter sandwiched between 7s.

What became the 757, for example, was initially known as the 7N7.

But with the 7E7, Boeing has waited until well into the program to consider a name change. Company executives have said they wanted to carefully weigh changing the jetliner's name -- and might not do so -- given the successful worldwide marketing and branding associated with the 7E7 name.

But tradition -- and the prospect of making a good impression with China -- apparently carried the day.

While the number 8 is considered lucky in China, the number 7 has been good for Boeing. Since the 707, all new Boeing jetliners have been named in succession -- 727, 737, 747, 757, 767 and 777

[sky3boy]

ma a James wallance un po' di storia della Boeing non l'hanno spiegata???

e dire successione è un po, na boiata perchè la serie 7x7 fu interrotta subito, dopo il 707 venne il 720 (forse lui non lo sa), perchè dissero che 717 portava sfiga... poi il 727,737,747,757,777 giustamente... e il 717??? nessuno lo caga??? dopo il 777 si torna al 717 (forse perchè piccolo e poi dentro l'ambiente B non gline fregava na sega?) potevano chiamre quello 787 in giusta successione e il dreamliner 797 e quello dopo? a già dopo la Boeing sarà fallita mangiata da Airbus che venderà il suo 380 e il suo 350 al contrario del 787 che nessuno che ha flotta Airbus comprerà, e seprattutto che nessuna major finora ha ordinato (tranne i jap per interessi di Mitsubishi Heavy Industries). Il 380 invece lo hanno preso AF e LH, pure Virgin, poi Qatar, Ethiad, molto probabilmente SIA (però qualcuno dice che è un aereo inutile) non Blue Panorama (con tutto il rispetto) Premier e altre compagnie mai sentite.
La Boeing se non fa commonnality tra i suoi jetliner non arriverà a fare manco il 797....

so proprio messi male!!

ciao sky3boy

e dire che io hai raduni vado sempre con la felpa Boeing (e pure diverse!!!)

[skyrobbie]

E' vero che in Cina il numero 8 porta bene, ad esempio un milionario di Hong Kong ha pagato molti soldi per avere come targa della sua Rolls il numero 888.
Al di là della scarsa fantasia, mi auguro che Boeing non fallisca mai, l'idea che rimanga solo Airbus mi fa rabbrividire...

[sky3boy]

ciao a parte quello che ho detto Boeing non fallirà mai perchè il governo USA non lo permetterà, almeno una azienda aerospaziale che fa civile deve rimanere in territorio USA. Cmq vanno benissimo coi programmi militari e anche con quelli spaziali. Boeing si fa sovvenzionare cifre da capogiro dal congresso USA (vedi programma AH64D Longbow) e poi sbandiera che non hanno ricevuto prestiti statali... e ci credo li prendono a gratis... tra USAF, US Army, US Navy, Nasa, Darpa etc etc il civile è solo uno specchietto per le allodole e quindi non ti preoccupare non rimarrà solo Airbus

ciao sky3boy

[B7E7-FLR]

Io il nick non lo cambio!
Ciao
Claudio