Boeing 747-8 undergoes extreme testing 

+Mozart Rocha It never scares me....I've done it multiple times......on a flight simulator game. Just kidding :) Yup, just the thought of it stalling with 1 million pounds of cargo is gut wrenching.

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the 787 is better

Nah it had a lot of battery problems

+Anthony Kernich You'd need some solid nerves to force your untested plane into a stall though. That's the catch of being a test pilot: Everything you do is an experiment.

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The new improvements --ie; payload capacities, engine thrust, etc. For years now they fill em with water barrels to simulate the weight of passengers & luggage. Also, they perform a final delivery flight test with the airline pilots behind the yoke at Paine Field north of Seattle Washington. If I recall, a 747 can handle 20,000 landing cycles before it's retired due to the metal stress caused by the takeoff&landings and pressurization. 747 can last for 20+ years because they fly long range & experience much less takeoff&landing cycles vs smaller A/C. A 747 fuselage expands by 12 inches in diameter after full pressurization causing metal fatigue where the rivets (fasteners) are used to fasten the skin to the spars (aka frames).

This is a cargo version. They even said it is forced to fly with 1,000,000 lbs. Besides this is a new plane. Listen more....

It's a new version

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A388 is shrunk , it will look much leaner once it's stretched. As for 747, it looks too intimidating and looks more of a military plane and the hump is not pretty

And that matters why?

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Yet it's mostly used for pigs not people...

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Drop the nose. Full power. Recover. It is that simple. In my little Cessna we try to keep it within no more than a drop of 100 feet. I am not sure what they look for in a big jet like this.

that would depend on rather or not is was a power on or a power off stall.

Samantha Mercedes Staff F.A.A. Federal regulations requires male pilots over a certain age must have a mustache as per the 1972 international Treaty regarding facial hair and aviator glasses.

He's right.. There standard issued..

Samantha Mercedes Staff YOU actually KNOW a female 747 captain? HA, gonna have to call BS on that one. As far as the mustache thing is concerned, why do you care about that? It would be like saying why do women wear makeup and heels. Is it a female feminine thing? Also, most of the pilots I've seen are clean shaven.

+Samantha Mercedes Staff It's also Okay for a women to have a moustache as long as it is in her pants but well trimmed.

+Samantha Mercedes Staff When you have the best job in the world You can stop giving a shit if people don't like your moustache It's not like anyone other than the cabin crew can see you anyway seeing as you are inside an impenetrable fortress within the plane otherwise known as the cockpit

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The 747-8 is the newer version of the 747. The original queen on the sky, 747 was a fuel guzzler, so the 747-8 uses much less fuel and is more Eco-friendly. It's even more quiet when it takes off and lands. Lastly , the famous hump on the top of the 747 is longer on the 747-8 to accommodate more passengers and to compete with her new rival the A-380

***** There are doors to exit (Gate door) right outside the cabin so unless the thing went up in an instantaneous inferno they would probably have time to get out.

Jerbear45 They had parachutes and i believe some sort of ejection system(believe) when they were testing the A380, so id assume these guys do too

CopWatch Inland Divison Then how come hardly any pilots survive in passenger plane crashes compared to fighter jet crashes ? I believe airline policy prohibits such benefits accorded to pilots without ensuring the same to the passengers as well. Suppose in a crash the pilots would give up all too easily and abandon the aircraft leaving the passengers to rot in hell !

Fardun007 We are saying that during testing they have ejection seats. If they were on actual planes a pilot could crash the plane and live which is not true but if it is only a test plane I don't see why you wouldn't put ejection seats in it.

Jerbear45 I cannot imagine how would a pilot eject in a test A380 ? Is there an opening on the roof of the plane or are they supposed to penetrate through it using their skull ? Lol. I think Balla Boy is right.

Well the Americans would have you believe that, but it's a matter of opinion I guess.

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