New 747-8 first flight - link

[MonkeyBusiness]

http://747-8firstflight.com/

Live link.

[Ewan S]

Wow good find! I've just emailed this link to my dad as his airline are likely to be one of the first to get hold of one of these!

[squirrel2007]

Thanks for that!!s it just a stretched 747? The wingpan seemed wider to me too

[MonkeyBusiness]

Only two crew on board. I thought they would be more.
Anyone notice that the wheels didn't go up?

[Z06George]

Couldn't get the video up but normally on first flights landing gear staying down on any plane.

[YAD061]

lovely looking machine that

[TimJMS]

IIRC this is now the world's longest aircraft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXUs7VUXmpM

[john_p]

I bet stall tests in that are fun

From flightaware;

1537 220 kts 10000ft
1538 97 kts 10000ft
1539 97 kts 10000ft (descent rate -3300ft/min)
1540 215 kts 3400ft (descent rate -2400ft/min)

I bet 3400 seems low in one of those

[strudel]

TimJMS said:

IIRC this is now the world's longest aircraft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXUs7VUXmpM

Hard to say exactly due to scale but that looks like a lot of grunt

[john_p]

Landing in about 10 mins