Here is the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner delivery for Hawaiian Airlines! This is the second 787 built for Hawaiian (LN 1097 was first), but the first to be delivered. Watch this beautiful aircraft taxi out past the largest fleet of C-17s in the world before flying off into the sunset, embarking on its 10+ hour flight home as HAL 9787 to Honolulu. Farewell, LN 1172!

See photos of its maiden flight on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAsRNi

If any of our 10,000 subscribers would like to know, here are some recent life updates on the Horizon co-founders since it's been so long. Stephen (SJH) is a U.S. Navy Air Traffic Controller serving onboard a Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier, Mason (MVP) graduated from law school and is working for the state of Florida as an attorney, and Brandon (BJG) works at the Boeing 787 factory as an interiors/payloads design engineer.

This elusive flight was tough for me (BJG) to catch since it was rescheduled 5 times, reminiscent of the many failed attempts at catching a 727 years ago. It finally worked out today! Hopefully, this will be the first of many future videos from CHS. HPSFL has been on the back burner for a while since I've focused mostly on photography and other hobbies for the past few years, but I'm hoping to start uploading again this year. We have a massive backlog of videos dating back to 2016, just waiting to be edited!

Filmed from Atlantic Aviation. BJG 02/14/2024

Equipment:

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM + 1.4x Extender III
Cayer BV30L 72" Aluminum Tripod with K3 Fluid Head
Zoom H1n-VP microphone

Aircraft Featured:

N781HA
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
MSN 66429
LN 1172
First flight 12/21/2023
2x GE GEnx-1B
HAL / HA 9787 to HNL