This plane flew for 19 hours drawing a 787 logo with its flight path. I don't recall this has ever been done by any other plane in the past. Simply amazing!
Flight # BOE236

Click here for flightaware.com page for this flight http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE236/history/20120209/2100Z/KBFI/KBFI

you can probably see this flight on other sites that track flights too.

Departure/Landing airport: Boeing Field Intl Airport (Seattle, WA) KBFI / BFI
Departure: Feb 9 2012 01:33PM Pacific time zone
Arrival: Feb 10 2012 08:45AM Pacific time zone
Distance flown: 9044 nautical miles or 16749.5 kilometers or 10407.6 miles
Approximate distance from Seattle to Madagascar
Total flight time: 19 hours 12 minutes
Peak altitude: FL430 (43000 feet)

sad... how many gallons wasted?

waste of useful resources that could be used for useful stuff

its not wasted fuel. the plane was doing an endurance test. and the pilots had some fun doing it. its also good that they stayed over land because if something went wrong they had plenty of airports for emergency landing.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017479197_787skywriting11.html

did you see where they were flying? noone lives there its wilderness. and even if they did crash there is a lot higher chance that they will have emergency help on land vs over water.

Such a morbid topic...

Quote from: Pinako on February 12, 2012, 04:25:33 AM

Such a morbid topic...

who gives a crap. i dont go to your topics and say they suck.

I appreciate that. I also don't go to your topics and say they suck.

In this case, I'd recommend Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary, which offers the following definition:

mor·bid  /ˈmoɚbəd/ adjective
[more morbid; most morbid] 1 : relating to unpleasant subjects (such as death)
▪ She has a morbid interest in funerals. ▪ He has a morbid sense of humor. ▪ a morbid fascination with death ▪ wanting to learn about a celebrity's downfall out of morbid curiosity
2 technical : not healthy or normal
▪ suffering from a morbid condition ▪ morbid obesity ▪ The child has a morbid fear/horror of snakes.
— mor·bid·ly adverb
▪ She was morbidly fascinated with death. ▪ morbidly obese

In this case, I think [1] sums up quite nicely my observation that there is quite a bit of discussion about death. I think aviation is a fine topic to be interested in.

Is it routine for Boeing to test their airplanes in this manner?