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

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

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

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3 comments from Hacker News

@salibhai2015 · in “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 [VIDEO]

@Steko2015 · in “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. [VIDEO]

@joshvm2017 · in “A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator”

[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.