Archive for the 'First flight' Category

Boeing 787 Sees More Delays Thanks to Brake System Software (AnandTech)

Boeing says 787 still on schedule for first flight despite delays…
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Boeing: 787 ‘power on’ complete (Everett Herald)

EVERETT — The Boeing Co. has finished the process of turning on electrical power on its new 787 Dreamliner, an important milestone toward a first flight.
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BOEING ACHIEVES 787 POWER ON (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) — The Boeing Company has completed the Power On sequence for the first 787 Dreamliner last Friday, marking the completion of the next major milestone on the path to first flight later this year.
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Boeing powers up 787, still on track for flight this year (The Indianapolis Star)

CHICAGO » The Boeing Co. said Friday it has completed the process of powering up its 787 jetliner, a milestone for the much-delayed program. This keeps Boeing on track for a first flight this year of its first newly designed commercial plane in more than a decade. (AP)
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Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner first flight on schedule (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

MOSCOW, June 9 - Boeing Co said on Monday its 787 Dreamliner would make its first flight in the fourth quarter of 2008, repeating the revised schedule for the new aeroplane’s launch announced in April.
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Dreamliner to fly by end of 2008 (BBC News)

Boeing says its 787 Dreamliner will make its first flight in the final three months of this year.
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Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner first flight on schedule (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Boeing Co said on Monday its 787 Dreamliner would make its first flight in the fourth quarter of 2008, repeating the revised schedule for the new airplane’s launch announced in April.
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Boeing 787 almost ready (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

The first of Boeing Co.’s highly anticipated 787 jetliners is on track and making steady progress toward its much-delayed first flight.
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Boeing’s 787 takes a licking (Everett Herald)

Tests will determine the Dreamliner’s strength, a key step as Boeing moves toward the jet’s first flight.
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Report: Boeing 787 Components Threaten New Delays (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)

SEATTLE — Could more delays be looming for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner? Aviation Week , the “bible” of the industry, is reporting that the suppliers of two key systems are behind schedule, threatening to push back next month’s electrical “power-on,” in one case, and the plane’s first flight, in the other.
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