7 Boeing 787 Dreamliner Facts That Will Change How You See Flying

✈️ Please consider liking & subscribing for more aviation content! Most people who fly on the Boeing seven eight seven have no idea what is actually happening around them. They sit down, put their bag in the overhead locker, and think they are on a normal plane. They are not. The seven eight seven is one of the most quietly radical things Boeing has ever built and almost none of the people flying on it every single day understand why. Not because the technology is hidden. But because it works so well that you never notice it. And once you understand what Boeing actually did with this aircraft you will never sit in one the same way again. Start with the thing you are sitting inside. The body of the seven eight seven is not metal. Almost every commercial aircraft ever built has been made primarily from aluminium. The seven eight seven is eighty percent carbon fibre. The same material used in Formula One cars. Stronger than aluminium, significantly lighter, and it does not corrode. That last part is the one that matters most for you as a passenger. Because metal corrodes airlines have to keep the cabin pressure lower than they would like to avoid stressing the airframe over time. On a normal jet the cabin is pressurised to the equivalent of about 8,000 feet above sea level. On the seven eight seven it is pressurised to the equivalent of 6,000 feet. That is a significant difference. Lower effective altitude means more oxygen in the air you are breathing. More oxygen means less fatigue, fewer headaches and less of that completely drained feeling you normally get stepping off a long flight. The seven eight seven is quietly making you feel better the entire time you are on it and the vast majority of passengers never know it is happening.