Originally Posted by VT Biker
It may be a bit off subject, but, wow: that Boeing Dreamliner seems to be a plane I do not want to ride on in, oh, say about a decade. Think of it this way, every day those planes will get approx. 7 - 10 hours of direct sunlight. I cannot imagine someone would build a plane that could potentially suffer severe structural damage. But - then again - ask Firestone, Ford and makers of cribs that choke kids.
Well, if you ignore the B-2 (flying continuously since 1993), or the 777, which has a composite wing. There are numerous other composite aircraft that sit exposed to the sun, and they are doing just fine.
Boeing, as much as I "love" them, is not Firestone, Ford, or in the crib making business.