What Happens To Prototype Aircraft Once Testing Is Complete?
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2021
- When an aircraft program is launched, the manufacturer must produce several prototypes in order to test various systems and ensure safe and reliable operation for the following models that enter commercial service. These prototypes undergo rigorous testing and are put through all sorts of challenging conditions, including extreme heat and cold. “The plane has been dragged, dropped, soaked, forced to hover, shudder and flutter,” Boeing said of its 747-8 testing. But after being stressed in all sorts of ways, what happens to these prototype units once the planemaker is finished with them?
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The prototype Dreamliner livery is so pretty.
That's the standard boeing livery for all prototype/test aircraft. It really is beautiful!
If you're looking for model aircraft in the manufacturer's livery, just search for the model with the keywords of "house colors"
I prefer four engines lol
So true!!!
Yes very beautiful
4:19 That 767 should have been in museum.
As should've the Gimli Glider
@@9999AWC true that.
The MD-11 prototype still flies to this day with FedEx N601FE
Can confirm
Really that's awesome
I hope that MD-11 goes to museum after it retires someday.
@@leezinke4351 actually there should be one there as Boeing acquired McDonell Douglas...Actually 777 was plagiarized over MD 11...
old man deserves tht tribute
I was present at Edwards AFB when the test 747 was there for brake testing. (They caught fire as I watched, but self-extinguished w/in 5mins.) Two years ago I got to see that plane again in Seattle.
I see at least 3 fly over my house per day
@@jonasreich3607 you got your own plane
@@jonasreich3607 I think he meant he saw that *exact* plane again.
@@HerrSchmitti oh ok
As a controller I got to work the Dash-80 prototype on its final flight to Dulles. I also worked the 787 prototype on one of its first cross-country flights. So I get to say I talked to everything from the first 707 to the first 787.
WOW
Remember the Pan Am jet in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey? That's probably what the Boeing New 707 will look like.
I got to see the first 727, 737, 747 and 757 (catfish) (as well as the first 787-10) all in one day during a visit to the museum of flight, where the third 787 is also on display!
Edit: Some test aircraft, so not the very first aircraft, I’ve seen include the second A321neo, the second A350-900 as well as both blue A350-1000s (so not the carbon one but therefore also the A35K prototype). I also got to see an A330-200 in Airbus colors once!
During a stopover in Atlanta I got to see the first 747-400, which is now preserved at the Delta museum! It’s quite cool that I also got to see the last 747-400, a 400F of Kalitta Air!
@British Airways Boeing 747-436 exactly!
When I was four years old I got to fly on an SAS DC-7 from LAX to Copenhagen. Still have vivid memories of the flight and have been a commercial aviation buff ever since.
DC9 - 31 N8916E certification aircraft for -30 variant of DC - 9 was delivered to Eastern Air Lines and served a long career. It suffered a fire while parked in ATL at a gate which gutted the fuselage. Another Eastern -30, N8961E. was damaged in a hard landing during a microburst at FLL which drove the main landing gear up through the wings. They took the wings from 16E and the fuselage from 61E and called the combined aircraft N 8961E.
I did a lot of flying when I was a kid and in my teens all over the world, but I never liked flying on the DC-9. Visually it just looked like it would be a lot of work to keep it stable in the air. Though the truth is Douglas sold thousands of them to airlines all over the world and so far as I know have an excellent safety record.
I've seen the 727,737,747, 777, and 787 prototypes. What an absolute sight for sure.
The first Lockheed L-1011 TriStar prototype is currently on display at the Delta flight museum, albeit just a part of the fuselage.
The first 777-300ER Prototype are in service as Japan Airlines JA732J. First Prototype 747-400 is in Delta Museum, First Prototype 717-200 is scrapped in Long Beach, First Prototype A330 is scrapped as B-HLJ, First Prototype L-1011 Tristar is in Delta Museum but it's just fuselage
I have seen the prototype 727, 737, 747, 757, and 767s all close-up at Boeing Field. The 767 had all kinds of crazy modifications to the nose for testing various later programs.
Love to see A380 Testbed F-WWOW carrying RR Trent XWB-97 later mounted on A350-1000🛫🤓
747 with GE90s look really cursed
i am amazed of how the 380 engines are as big as the a350 engine... Wow
@@ThePatkiller99 both almost has the same diameter...but way different on thrust & air mass flow produced🛫🤓
@@stradivarioushardhiantz5179 of course not the same generation/technology/etc
@@ThePatkiller99 but the GP7200 has a price range of narrowbody engines such PW1100G or Leap-1A/B/C 🛫🤓
I had the privilege in 2016 to help detail many of those Boeing's in Seattle at Museum of Flight
I went to the museum of flight in Seattle in 09. Saw lots of impressive aircraft there. I would love to go back.
I've been to the museum a flight in Seattle many times truly is an awesome place
Good information!
Wow, another great topic simple flying!
Thanks
I need to get busy traveling to some of these sites. Great video!
Great video. ☺️
I highly recommend the aeroscopia museum in Toulouse, there is a lot of beautiful planes to see
I highly recommend the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Big fan!
Yeah, I went there too. The collection of one-of-a-kind aircraft there is incredible.
Super interesting info! Looks like I’ll have to visit some museums soon! 😄✈️
Thanks 🙏!
Amazing prototypes
The first 747-400 prototype ( originally bought by Northwest Airlines) and the Spirit of Delta (a 767-200 paid for by Delta employees) plus a Lockheed L1011 in Delta Airlines museum in Atlanta, Georgia. FedEx had the last four 727-200 made in a secret hangar and the first MD-10 ( a DC-10 converted from a 3 person crew to a two person crew ) in service
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Sad to think the 737-800 prototype got scrapped at Lasham as it should've been preserved as the impact in the aviation is massive
There is like 5,000 737-800s I think it’s ok
Museum of Flight also has Concorde, a 707 used as Air Force One and a B17. My favourite plane. Plus they do Boeing factory tours near by
Museum of Flight doesn't do the tour it's the Future of Flight in Everett.
Another place (for warplanes mostly), is Dayton, Ohio for the US Air Force museum. While that may extend past the definition of this video it is still a neat place to visit.
Great place to visit, been there two times last week while visiting Dayton!
Wow. Good video
Not yet. But i love this video
I've seen all the ones in Arizona and Seattle. I went to Tucson for my birthday 2 weeks ago to see the 787 and 777 at the pima air and space museum.
awesome.
The Museum of Flight is a must visit for any aviation enthusiast!
The author missed the history of the 767 prototype. It was a testbed for the AOA project for the army. (Airborne Optical Adjunct) later renamed the Airborne Surveillance Testbed (AST). It was part of the Ronald Reagan era "Star Wars" program. Boeing installed a big dome on top of the aircraft where a big door would open to expose a sensor that could pickup the heat from intercontinental ballistic missiles against the backdrop of space. The sensor contractor was delayed for years and I think the program was scrapped before the sensor technology could finish being developed. The plane sat for years at Boeing field in Seattle waiting for the sensor to be developed with the big dome on top ready to go. The aircraft was scrapped in 2002 following the end of the program.
Is nobody going to mention the insane looking 757 testbed?? 🤣
NA001 was modified to include an X22 (joint strike fighter prototype) flight deck, though Lockheed got the contract.
I've been on the first 727, 747, and the first 777X. Managed to get lucky and meet the person in charge of the 777x test program logistics and he showed me around inside the plane between 2 of its flights last October
I've seen the B367-80 at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy center in Dulles, VA.
Went to the one in Nagoya! Super fun 🤩
I am a Dreamlifter pilot, but I have yet to fly on a 787. I feel cheated! 🤣
But you technically have flown the 787, just not on board of one :D
Your a real pilot
@@Jet-Pack isn’t the dreamlifter a modified 747-400
@@ELIGG15 Well, you haven't seen any of my landings yet. LOL 🤣
@@ELIGG15 you're*
I was acutely at the air and space museum about one week ago!
nice
i have seen and walked inside the first test Concorde! its at Duxford in the UK.
All of those are great, but don't forget the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.
I have seen the ANA 787 at Pima Air & Space Museum back in 2018. The CX 777 was not moved there during my visit.
Ive been to the museum of flight and took a tour at the 747 8 building complex. It was really cool and i saw a bunch of the listed boeing aircraft
Interesting.
You can call the A220 (CSeries) an Airbus aircraft all you want, but we all know where it came from.
and no one is denying it not even airbus
These are not "prototype testbeds" but full production airplanes built to released production drawings. They couldn't be certified if they were only prototypes. Many first-of-model airframes were so heavily modified during flight and cert testing, they could not be used in commercial service, or are so heavy with patches and band-aids, they barely fly. That's why the first batch of 787s could not enter commercial service.
The Tucson Arizona Museum and the Museum of Flight in Seattle both have an Air Force One 707
This makes me want to go around the world to go to theses
Did anyone notice that citation there
1:35
I hope that specimines of each plane model such as the 707 and A300 and so on are preserved at their respective factories or headquarters or museums.
The first -80 was stored at Davis- AFB in Tucson for years
Ahh..good waiting for 4 days for these types of videos as many of may know that the scrap parts of a airplane doesn't goes in and act as flight training cockpit but also some of these are send to movie production company who rent them or buy them where they shoot plays for films with vfx such as the flight or sully,Non-stop or into the night
City of Everett
As an aviation lover I had the opportunity to pilgrimage to the museum of a flight in Seattle, there I've saw those planes including the Concord, and A12 Blackbird, and there's many others more...however I was in hurry as I did it between my connection flights I had like 6 hours...I didn't knew but weeks later I've returned to Seattle hehehe
Also very common for OEMs to donate prototypes to technical schools to serve as training aids.
What happened to the 707 test plane that did the roll?
I have gotten to see the first 747, 727, 737, and the third 787.
I believe I have seen the A380 at Farnborough air show... from my works car park.
I've seen the 2nd test A220 at Toulouse before
Great Video, very informative. Just a video suggestion, can you guys do a video on why US carriers don’t operate to the Middle East?
Yes the 727 ,737 and 747 in Seattle
testbed is also used in IT and Telco.
Nice to see where they go.
It's Dallas not Dollas
I have had the honor to see the og 747 at the museum of flight in 2018.
sad 767 that never got to be displayed
you missed the first Concord at fleet air arm museum in Yeovilton England
I’ve seen the first 707 in the museum.
cool
Good vid! Been to Boeing Everett. Will check out the flight museums next time I am in the Seattle area
i got to see the first 727, first 737, third 787, and first 747 at museum of flight. i got to see the first 737 max prototype landing at a local airport, serving as southwest airlines (N8701Q)
Prototypes when done with: *used for future testing*
What media thinks manufacturers do to the plane: "Gotta make you die......SAY GOODBYE!"
I got to go inside the prototype 727, 737, 747, and 787 at the museum of flight in Seattle. I wish I’d had more time there. There were so many historic planes on display.
Goes to the museum
Yes, I’ve been to The Museum Of Flight in Seattle and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.
Also, where is the first Airbus A330??
It flew for Cathay Dragon but is stored since last year
How did the testbed Boeing 767 get scrapped? Its not my favourite aircraft by any means but considering it was the first Boeing twin engined wide body aircraft, it should be honoured for such a title.
A prototype B747-400 of Northwest Airlines had a major rudder failure. While it was in full passenger service, some parts suffered a lot from thorough test flights, which resulted in fatigue of the material.
Luckily the crew managed to land at Anchorage. The 747 is now on display at ATL
By far just the 707… but also I met the concorde 001 that you forgot to mention
I did fly on the first B777-200 prototype in 2001 as CX904 Manila🇵🇭 to Hong Kong🇭🇰 2-5-2 configuration
I believe the 777-200 prototype will likely be a show piece at the Pima Air Museum.
@@Sacto1654 It is a show piece. It has been for 3 years.
Prototypes are the long living more than the all current aircraft
F for the First 767
The first McDonnell Douglas MD-90 has been scrapped at 2005
Went to see RA 001 in 2018
Man i was like a child in a candy store.
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I flew the 737,777,A320,A330,ATR42,ATR72,Bombardier Q400
Damn, the A350 Engine is the same size as the 380's other 3 engine on the a380 testbed... Just shows how big the a380 is...
what happened to the first a330
It was retired, registered as B-HLJ
Hey what’s a “fuzelarge”?
Fuselage - the main body of an aircraft. - TB
@@SimpleFlyingNews ok, thankyou.
It depends. If it's a prototype of a South African sports helicopter then it might get scrapped.
I’ve been to Pima air and space
Thing is I have never even seen a plane close up lol
@Simple Flying
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isnt the smithsonian national air and space museum a few miles away from IAD?
They have 2 campuses. There is the main campus in Washington D.C. on the National Mall, then there is the Udvar-Hazy center at Dulles.
What about a330
Should have done the concorde
Don't forget Concordes!
I haven't seen the prototype Airbus or Boeing aircraft,but I have seen something better. G-BSST and G-AXDN. The British prototype and pre production Concordes.
Hi
a high pitched Mando theme in the background.