Farnborough Air Show bans thrilling maneuver as Airbus and Boeing jets aim to impress

You need to have the capability to make a Winnebago act like a 'vette if you need to. You may not do it under normal conditions but it's nice to know you can if you need to. LOL

No pax, no baggage, no cargo, minimal fuel and polished slick as glass, yeah, I don't doubt it performs pretty nimbly. Real world performance, now that's probably a bit of a different story. I'm not knocking the aircraft itself, just the obvious marketing treatment.

... and augering into the grandstand is exceedingly frowned upon.

The main goal of the Airshow is to sell airplanes. Boeing did just that. Tex Johnson said it best after rolling the 707 prototype.

Here is a link to the video of the (presumably) banned maneuvers. All I can say is 'WOW'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2694186/Fasten-seatlbelt-Dramatic-video-shows-Boeing-Dreamliner-perform-stunts.html

Stupid overzealous CAA

LOL..LOL..LOL????

Nothing wrong with the flight obviously empty aeroplane performance. Never was there any part of the flight where I held my breath although still really awesome.

They going to ban the warplanes tricky manoeuvres too?

Boeing has already won this one over those that want to ban such demonstrations. The videos have gone viral, they have been shown on national TV. They get a double win in that none else can do it with the new "rules".

When I saw the first portion of the video, I swore that it was a sim and not RL.

I guess they do not want another Air France Air Show.... But I think they are being Over Protective there.

The steep climb is elementary physics given the thrust to weight ratio for a very light takeoff weight and not all that dangerous assuming neither of the fan motors coughs. I fail to see why the Farnborough authorities felt compelled to prohibit the low banking maneuver claiming it to be too dangerous - not for an experienced and well prepared Boeing test crew. There's probably some validity to the Boeing conspiracy claim. A roll whilst in the steep climb attitude would have made it truly spectacular and while aerodynamically feasible for the airframe, the possibility of inducing a compressor stall on one or both engines at such a low altitude due to sideslip would make that too risky a maneuver. The airplane does take on a distinct birdlike appearance up and away with the effect of the bending moments on the wings clearly visible. The more flexible composite wing structure compared to metal doubtless results in a fair amount of flapping in turbulence.

Memories... The first jet airliner to arrive at Manchester Airport UK (then Ringway): Air France Caravelle. My brother and I got to walk through it: in at the back, out at the front. Must have been about 1960.

Does anybody remember the Buffalo touch and go at Farnorough?

C'mon...

With all Thats going on in the World I hope it has Some of that Israeli Missile avoidence sys

I say let Airbus call a Whaaaaaaambulance!

I say do it anyway!

A simple "touch-n-go"?? Yes, I think the "fix" was in by Airbus Industries........