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787 Dreamliner designer on Boeing: ‘A designer is only as good as his client’

By | December 16, 2009, 8:51 AM PST

According to John Barret of design firm Teague, a designer is only as good as his client — and his firm found a great one in aerospace giant Boeing for the design of the 787 Dreamliner airplane.

In an interview between Barret and then-Fortune senior editor David Kirkpatrick, Barret explains how passenger comfort and interior design played a role in the design of a “breakthrough” airplane built expressly for efficient long-haul service.

The interview was conducted more than two years ago, when the 787 Dreamliner was closer to a pipe dream than reality. With the plane’s first flight a resounding success yesterday, it’s only proper that we look back and see how the airplane got to where it is today.

Here’s the interview, from ScribeMedia.org:

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RE: 787 Dreamliner designer on Boeing: 'A designer is only as good as his client'
To whom it may concern,

I am a mechanic and a structural aircraft maintenance, I love to design things specially airplanes, in the year 2000, I designed an aircraft which was better aerodynamic and carrying more passengers, so I sent many emails to whom can help me to publish this new aircraft design, but no answered and during that time I was working in different countries in Europe, unfortunately I didn't have a chance, but in 2006, I saw in the newspaper that Pro. Ed Grietzer from Massachusetts Institute of technology, and Pro. Ann Dowling from Cambridge University had designed a "silent Aircraft" which was exactly 100% the same shape as my aircraft.
I never stop and I kept carrying on with my designing within six months later I came up with another aircraft design, which is much better in higher speed and using less fuel.

So please I will really appreciate that if you can help me to publish this aircraft to the world.

Kind regards

Dheia bakal
dtbakal@hotmail.com
Posted by d. Bakal
3rd Jan 2010
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