Flight Test 787-8 ZA004 draws self portrait.

Wow that is so cool! I wonder if the 737 MAX will do this as well

Couldn't help but notice that the orientation of the plane in respect to the Boeing factories - or is that the only way the wings would fit inside the CONUS? Nice flying @arerecich.

http://www.boeing.com/features/2017/08/787-outlines-the-sky-08-17.page

That's actually super cool

Oh Heaven! - to be handed a real live grownup 787 and told "Go play!" - - and presumably being paid to do so. OMG.

That is the Best.... Only Boeing would think of doing something like that... I bet it took a while to update that FMS, and would have loved to heard the read back of the Flight Plan!

I am wondering why all the long flights around the carribean? Multiple times a day? Pilots get tired of flying around Seattle i guess. Prob needed to make sure Navi could find all the good spots!

All I can say...is " Brilliant"! IMHO, only Boeing could make that happen! Amazing! Way to go Flight Crew! Precision at its best!

Just cool.

Brilliant! Please tell me you routed this covertly so the final pattern was a surprise to the Ex.O. Very well done - perhaps a Salvador Dali line study next?

This is really awesome !!
I'm amazed at the talent of American people in doing things so nice and inspiring. This is what makes your nation so great !!
All my respect and congratulations to the people that planned this flight and the pilots that made it possible.

Thanks. I needed a good laugh this morning.

And only an aviation site like this would be able to display the flight path. Pretty nifty, though.

That made my day, yesterday, and I was lucky enough to track the last few minutes of the flight. Thank you!

Cool. Wondering about "Actual: 9,896 mi (Planned: 15,813 mi)"...

That is really nice! Thanks.

wow

So clever! Well done!

Must be nice flying at 43,000 feet

This is AWESOME!

Wow!

I am so jealous that not only do you get to fly this thing but you get to be creative with it at the same time!

I wonder if someone can calculate the number of flights (could be the same plane more than once) that actually flew anywhere under or over that outline (not counting the outline approach and departure tracks) at some time during the period when it was actually being 'drawn'. Might be a good way to illustrate the intensity of air traffic now in the US!

BTW I am a non-pilot but avid reader of FlightAware and really enjoy the site...

With a reported range of 8,200 nautical miles, was this 9,896 mile flight refueled or did it barely complete its mission on fumes?

Amazing no ATC or weather diversions. How did they pull that off? Great job!

Awesome, that’s a lot of waypoints.

BEAUTIFUL!

do I hear new app ? Think of what we will see. Maybe an Insitu drone can draw a Dennis Muilenberg portrait over Kansas.

Amazing

Wow

Fun responses out there!
https://www.cnet.com/news/boeing-dreamliner-jet-draws-usa-sized-self-portrait-in-the-sky/#ftag=CAD590a51e
boeing 787-10 path

This isn't the first time the Boeing engineers have done this creative move.They outlined the 787-8. The test team got creative flying a route that outlined the 787-8 over 22 states. And her nose was pointing home to Seattle.
The test team has done this before with the 737- MAX. They took her 8 hour test flight and spelled out "MAX" across Washinton and Montana!

Welp. Now I know what I need to do for my ADS-B test flight.

That trace on Flightaware is one of the coolest things I have ever seen! Who ever came up with that flight is a genius. Well done Boeing and crew, WELL DONE! I wonder how long it took to load that into the FMC? lol..

Excellent idea and taxpayer savings.

This just makes me smile.

The questions burning on my mind: was any luggage lost and did they run out of ginger ale?

I know this is a bit katty - but Airbus can't do that, unless, of course a poly-national committee authorized the event after it was sent to the EU competition counsel and judged productive and non-threatening, however the flight path would have to be so designed such that it covered all EU countries in proportion to their contribution with none in the tail section, unless of course, it was over London as a backhand comment on BreExit, otherwise that might be viewed as derogatory but also possibly oriented to look toward Brussels but not be threatening to Russia la la la la

Looks pretty good. Except the turn on the Tennessee border that messes up the tail cone.

@arerecich this is extremely impressive! Can we get a more detailed blog about the day's event?? How was the experience? How many people were on the plane? How were ATC communications? As a pilot, this is extremely interesting to me, I would love to chat about this if you have some time.

Any challenges in getting ATC to cooperate?

Response from Airbus:
http://www.luchtzak.be/manufacturers/airbus/immediately-responded-to-the-boeing-787-dreamliner-sky-art-drawing/

Who cares about ETOPS that's super super cool. Boeing is wonderful

hanks. I needed a good laugh this morning.

Very COOL! Thanks for sharing.

What a waste of perfectly good fuel...