The Boeing 777-9 (making its European airshow debut) and the Airbus A350-900 were among the flying display participants in this year's Farnborough International Airshow. Watch both displays back-to-back. Video by Adam Landau
Imagine if someone from 200 years ago was able to witness this. They would not only be amazed that man was able to create a machine capable of flight, they would also be amazed by there sheer size and elegance when cutting thru the skies like a hot knife to butter
I would like to say that I’m impressed with peoples positive responses to both brands. They’re both great aircraft. It’s nice to see people can appreciate both brands without a bunch of trash talk.
Unfortunately due to the short flying display, we won't be doing an Airshow Dispatches episode from Farnborough this year - there just isn't enough material to fill the usual 60+ minute run time. But if you're new to the channel, please do check out some of the episodes from other recent shows. Here's an hour-long look back at last month's superb show at Cosford: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g2LNJrzZaDI.html
@@iamra_n3189 The flying display at Farnborough is severely restricted due to the airfield's proximity to heavily urbanised areas. This has come about as CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) belatedly decided to apply its own regulations following the crash at the Shoreham air show.
The wing is so busy though with all the flap canoes and spoiler panels - the A350 wing is so clean and elegant in comparison. Both aircraft look great from almost any angle though!
The 777X engine has a low pitch sound vs high whining pitch sound on the A350. Both are so gracious and looking forward to trying both of them in the future.
Both are very large aircraft & perform outstandingly graceful. Thanks for posting. P.S. Engines are an amazement, burning very clean, yet tremendous power.
This is absolutley amazing. Just to know the boundries brings new meaning to flight and tech. Should make most people feel pretty good about flying after seeing this...in my honest opinion. I'm not a pilot but I fly sims alot and Ive done some of these procedures. It's such a great experience to learn :)
As a fan of the 777 variants, I must agree with you. The 350-1000 is a beautiful plane! The only thing that upsets me about the 777X is, Boeing kept the same cockpit window design🤮🤮🤮🤮 but they have a sleeker looking cockpit window on the 787?
Interesting how both planes have similar wing platforms, aspect ratios, wing/fuse intersections, etc. Just minor differences. Laws of physics and economics have squeezed plane designs to similar configurations. As to “new” stuff, one the P&W geared turbofan and the 787’s composite structure are foundational new for the last decade. (even though the drew on previous thinking.)
Actually it's not that strange. As you say, we have the laws of physics to conform to. Planes are bound to converge to a similar shape. Just as military stealth planes are.
@@JohanFasth 100% correct. Another example is the design of Concorde and Tu-144 although some, ahem, "borrowing" was also responsible. A more interesting comparison is Concorde and the upcoming Overture from Boom Supersonic. The designs are remarkably similar despite the almost 50 years separating them. It makes you realize just how much of an engineering marvel Concorde really was.
@@JC130676 I think that a better example of similar designs from independent design philosophies is how similar the MiG 29 is to the F-15, or the Embraer E190 to the Boeing 777. Completely different eras, different companies, very little overlap between designs, and yet the media still cannot differentiate between the two.
Your definition of “masterpiece“ is curious given that Airbus is a multi-government concoction designed to counter a private company that almost single-handedly created the industry!
As much as I like Airbus and Rolls Royce, have not flown on the A350 nor new 777X, but the older 777 was just fantastic. I cannot sit on long flights so stand at the back, 777 had so much more space at the rear than the 747's. But the A380 is in a league of its own..... Hopefully they will be flying for many years to come.
I would shit myself. I am really "bipolar" when it comes to flights. I love flying however I can't get used to it, so I am always in a state of constant stress. My brain tells me that I am in the safest mode of transportation and the chances of something happening to me are virtually 0, but my gut tells me that I am in a compressed tube at 30,000 ft and that is NOT normal lol.
@@Robin2win14 I've not flown yet, but I think that's EXACTLY what will happen to me when I finally board a plane. Since I was a kid I've always had a mix of love and fear for airplanes, and I think both sensations have increased through the years... 🥲😅
Tex Johnston, the man - the legion That’s what happens when you let test pilots do demos. When I was one, the kept me far away from customers. (Except the gov)
I’ve always thought the 777 was my favourite aeroplane and the 777x would top it off, and it really has blown me with how amazing it is! Similarly, the A350 is astonishing too, gosh they’re both so so beautiful
completely based on 787 😂, just to make it not like a blatant copy of it, airbus made it bigger, more range. Plus, in terms of looks 777 best booking but no doubt that the 350 looks amazing as well 🔥
I will be a camera operator for the event livestream, which will be available on the PlanesTV RU-vid channel, but I will not be covering it for This is Flight.
@@ThisisFlight okie dokes, thanks very much for the info. Hopefully I'll be groundcrewing the USAF spitfire, so will come over and say hi if I get the chance! I love the videos you guys produce - I've learnt that you never really know what's going on in vintage aviation till it's happened, so your airshow coverage allows me to work out who's been flying what when and where!
A350 Has Rolls Royce Engines TRENT XWB-97 turbo fan engines which offers 97,000 lbs of thrust during take off the fuel capacity of the A350 is 156,000 litres my brother flew back recently from Orlando on Virgin Atlantic A350 1041 G VLIB which was delivered to Virgin Atlantic at London Heathrow on 27th April 2022 and he couldn't believe how fantastic the Aircraft was also the A350 body is Carbon Fibre which is the new way forward in Aircraft Design
It's also the only time that Airbus will build an aircraft with a composite body. They don't think it's the way forward at all. Plus you can't recycle it and it's very, very difficult to repair.The 787 that had an electrical fire at LHR took months and months for a Boeing team to repair.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner pioneered the composite fuselage and entered service before the A350. The A350 followed in its footsteps entering service some 4yrs later. I haven’t flown on either and would very much like to.
Future in aviation is improved alloy metals, carbon fiber is limited and drives bulky components compared to newer alloys that can be implemented in additive manufacturing.
I flew 10 hours from Paris to Reunion in a 777-39Mer and it was always incredible with these GE90-115b engines. Among the noisy planes, the 777-300er is the least noisy with really appreciable comfort. Already if the 300er, which is an old plane from 2004 and is so comfortable and quiet, I dare not imagine the quality of comfort and modernity on board the 777x, it must really be incredible!
Wow, the pilot of the Boeing 777 made such a plane stand upright and when he dropped the aircraft into lift, I was breathless that it would flip over. Salute to the pilot.
The triple seven is huge, like an athletic weightlifter that everyone loves. The A350 is what you'd pick up your first date with, like in high-school at the drive-in theater.
I always look for flights using an A330 when taking long haul flights due to the 2-4-2 seat setup. I MUST have a window and only having one person to climb over makes a huge difference for 12hrs. Hoping the A330-900 sells. Ive tried the 777, 787, and a350 but Ill choose any old raggedy a330 anyday.
It’s actually the airline that sets up all seating and amenities inside, Boeing and Airbus just build the plane part, the inside is entirely dependent on what that airline wanted to do. From the air conditioning system, to the seating layout. So, I wouldn’t really say either plane manufacturer controls the seating arrangement.
A350 Looks small but it is very big. 777X looks big because it is very big. The main landing gear of 777X to A350 is like a heavy duty truck to a sports car.
its a 350-900 which is significantly smaller then the -1000 to be exact 5 meters with 69 meers the 777x is even longer then the -1000 with a length of 76 meters and the ge9x engines of the 777x are the biggest engines out there which makes the plane looks even more huge
Not to mention the 777x has a 14+ “ wider fuselage which allows for a “comfortable” 10 seat abreast economy when compared to Airbus’ identical config ( which has narrower aisles and almost 1” narrow seats). Also the wingspan on the 777x is 23ft wider. The a350 is big, but the 777-9 is huge ( longer and wider then even a 747-8). Both amazing feats of engineering, hats off to the engineers for the incredible gains in fuel efficiency and technology!
