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Boeing Vietnam Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner Vertical Takeoff & Steep Turns 2015 Paris Air Show Prep

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Posted as supporting footage when threads discuss spectacular airliner demos and steep takeoffs.

Boeing rehearses its 2015 Paris Air Show flying display of the Vietnam Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner, including a very steep takeoff and tight turns.

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@salibhai Jun 2015 Cites it

on HN thread Boeing, please don't do it with passengers on board

Silly link is to the middle of the video after the interesting part.. Here is a better link to just before takeoff [this video]

Better link to the takeoff.

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@Steko Aug 2015 Cites it

on HN thread 60 years ago: The famous Boeing 707 prototype barrel roll over Lake Washington

What were you doing Tex? I was selling airplanes. [link] Here's Boeing, doing a 'near vertical' takeoff in the Dreamliner (spoilers: not really but still impressive), also presumably selling airplanes. [this video]

Steep Dreamliner takeoff as sales demo.

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@joshvm Apr 2017 Cites it

on HN thread A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator

[this video] Boeing also released a video of the pilots rehearsing the routine. There's an overhead view of the takeoff - that's a lot steeper than 30 degrees, unless it's a perspective trick. EDIT: 50-55 degrees seems to the actual pitch angle.

Rehearsal footage with overhead view of steep takeoff.

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