If you still haven’t had the opportunity to sneak a peek of the Boeing 787, there’s still plenty of time to check it out as the Dreamliner World Tour continues to roll fly on. The plane has made stops in the United States and Europe—Ireland seemed to love it—and now it's heading to Asia to show off the latest and greatest in airplane technology.

The 787 will be filling up its tanks with plenty of airplane gas, as it heads off to Bangkok between February 9 and 11 to show off all its goodies to the suits over at Thai Airways. After that the plane will head to Singapore to meet and greet with Singapore Airlines, but it also will stick around a little bit longer...]]> kjb 2012-01-31T10:13:08-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/1/16/21408/6745

It wasn’t too long ago that the Boeing 787 took off on its world tour, and now it’s already time to welcome it back home. After checking out spots in Asia and Africa the plane is scheduled to head back to North America, but not before swinging through Ireland to grab a pint and check out the scenery.

The plane won’t be visiting major cities or transportation hubs in the United States, as most of its stops on Segment 2 of the Dream Tour have to do with paying a visit to engineers and designers. The 787 will say hello to workers and employees in Wichita, Kansas as well as Huntsville, Alabama. They’ve even got a stop scheduled for Rockford, Illinois to say hello to the men and women at Hamilton Sundstrand who designed and distributed like nine different systems for the next generation aircraft. ]]> kjb 2012-01-17T08:58:40-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/1/15/203245/207

We'll fully admit that we save our ticket stubs even sometimes our bag tags. Of course travelers of decades ago were no different; in fact, they were worse. Sometimes we dig up vintage gems that deserve to be shared. All week, we'll look at a few lost pieces of ephemera that continue to inspire.

In the 1960s, when the World's Fair was taking over New York City, American Airlines had nice little pamphlets printed to attempt to entice people who didn't live in New York into taking their planes to visit the event. What planes, exactly? Oh, just the newest Boeing dressed up in a shiny silver paintjob complete with red lightning bolt, a look called the Astrojet.]]> JetSetCD 2012-01-16T13:49:59-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/1/3/62030/19707

Since we do a good amount of flying, we've been lucky enough to enjoy seat 1A but also thankful enough just to be onboard in the last row of economy. Recently, this Jaunted writer had the opportunity to sit in an all totally new area of the plane (to us). No, I didn't get to travel in the cargo hold as luggage, instead I got to fly the plane.

Long gone are the days when children were escorted up to the cockpit for a view of the brains of the aircraft, a visit with the pilots, and, inevitably, a set of plastic wings. Since 2001, airlines no longer allow passengers access to the flight deck for obvious reasons, but the dream still exists for many.

Last month we told you all about the British Airways simulator gift card idea. Obviously, my family and friends were listening since I received a boarding pass (gift voucher) for a 60-minute flight simulator experience with a company called Flight Experience. As someone whose interests are primarily consumed by travel, I am always looking for a way to upgrade. Naturally I went ahead and upgraded myself from the 60 to the 90-minute simulation.]]> jetflyboy 2012-01-05T11:54:17-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/1/4/64630/87684

We knew that Russian airline Transaero was looking to order—and pack the back—some Airbus A380s, but now it seems that their attention has turned to another type of aircraft. If you were dreaming of a long-haul flight to Moscow aboard the big bird, there’s no need to worry as the planes are still on order. However, they are looking to add another type of brandy new airplane to their fleet.

Officials at Boeing and Transaero have completed their business lunch and a deal has been made, as it sounds like the airline is looking to place an order for four Boeing 787s. Auto-dimming windows, increased overhead storage, and those composite wings are now on order, and it sounds like things are definitely coming sooner than later—Transaero has already laid out a down payment. ]]> kjb 2012-01-04T09:23:23-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/1/2/103625/6360

Take a minute or two today and watch the video above. Sure, it's kinda corporate what with all the Boeing and Lufthansa bits, but in the end it should tickle the fancy of anyone born since the invention of the almighty Slip n Slide.

What's happening here is that Boeing is putting their new 747-8 freighter (to be delivered to Lufthansa) through water spray test so that, should the plane encounter any runway flooding, it can still safely land without sucking up any of the precipitation into its various engines and intakes. In order to test this, the plane gets its underside painted with a pretty pink soap wash, and then it barrels through a purposefully flooded runway at around 60 mph.

While it's not exactly a Slip n Slide since the airplane is still firmly up on its wheels, the image of that hulking machine zipping through the splash quickly brings flashbacks to our youth of those few seconds of joy, sliding down blue plastic, before the eventual grass burn at the finish.

For a real 747 waterslide experience, just head to the newish waterpark outside Portland, OR. There's a 747 on the roof!

Sigh. Is it summer yet?]]> JetSetCD 2012-01-02T14:25:02-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/1/2/83610/86608
The first livery for the 787s. Not the new stuff.

Japan's All Nippon Airways has been quick to create some fancy new liveries and paint jobs for their fleet of brandy new Boeing 787 Dreamliners. However, the painters and workers in the hangars are still hard at work, as it looks like they’ll be using yet another special paint scheme for their latest deliveries.

As ANA gets some more and more new planes they’ll mix up the liveries just a little bit. The fresh batch of Dreamliners—these are the ones that will likely be the first to hit the nifty fifty—will still have “787” scrolled across the side, but the colors will be more aligned with the traditional ANA designs. This will also be the more permanent look, so expect this color scheme to be around for quite some time.

Here it is: ]]> kjb 2012-01-02T11:15:02-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/