# A Boeing draws a Boeing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boeing-draws-a-boeing/792756 "2017-08-04T08:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boeing-draws-a-boeing/792756/1 "2017-08-04T08:12:37Z")
In a test flight, a [Boeing followed a route that followed the outline of a Boeing](https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n7874/#e54ad6b) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boeing-draws-a-boeing/792756/2 "2017-08-04T14:36:49Z")
It may be my browser, but that link brings up a page with a bunch of data and no pix. There is a “play” arrow, which when clicked, causes all the data to update over time, but still no visible image of anything. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boeing-draws-a-boeing/792756/3 "2017-08-04T14:50:06Z")
A [different article](https://qz.com/1045617/boeings-plan-to-draw-an-airplane-in-the-sky-dumped-at-least-300000-kg-of-carbon-dioxide-into-the-atmosphere/), which includes a large static PNG of the complete flight track under discussion. And also pointing out that the flight test burned enough fuel to emit 300 metric tons of CO[sub]2[/sub], if that’s the kind of thing that worries you. Boeing points out they had to fly an 18-hour endurance test regardless, so drawing out a portrait of the test aircraft was just a fun way to do a very necessary test. So the carbon dioxide was going to be emitted one way or another. It only _looked_ frivolous. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boeing-draws-a-boeing/792756/4 "2017-08-04T14:54:38Z")
So, a Boeing Boeing? It’s the Corey Doctorow signal! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boeing-draws-a-boeing/792756/5 "2017-08-04T18:17:46Z")
“_This post has been updated with a comment from Boeing. Also, the original story mistakenly said the emissions from the flight were 300,000 metric tons, instead of 300,000 kg. We apologize for what was clearly not a rounding error._” That’s one hell of a rounding error. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boeing-draws-a-boeing/792756/6 "2017-08-04T18:23:31Z")
What are the different colors signifying? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boeing-draws-a-boeing/792756/7 "2017-08-04T18:23:39Z")
Pretty cool, **scudsucker** This one’s a little more ‘loopy’; it’s the flight path of the TV camera feed relay aircraft (plural - 4 from the looks of the end of the video) from Stage 11 of this year’s [Tour de France](https://vimeo.com/226424323). ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boeing-draws-a-boeing/792756/8 "2017-08-04T19:27:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What are the different colors signifying? Altitude