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  JAL 787 delivery day images

  Posted by Guy Norris 7:08 AM on Mar 27, 2012

  Delivery day for JAL’s first two Boeing 787-8s at Paine Field, Everett.  (all photos Guy Norris)  It’s been a long wait – seven years, three months and ... Read More >>

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  On Tour With The 787

  Posted by Guy Norris 10:23 PM on Mar 13, 2012

  Earlier today I had a chance to join one leg of Boeing’s 787 global Dream Tour on a relatively short hop between the Californian cities of San Diego and Long Beach. The Dream... Read More >>

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  Photos: Qatar's Boeing 787 Business Class Seat

  Posted by Rupa Haria 12:47 PM on Mar 07, 2012

  Qatar Airways today showed off the new business class seat that will be offered on board its Boeing 787s. The product was officially unveilved at ITB in Berlin. The 1-2-1 conf... Read More >>

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  Boeing 787 ETOPS take-off

  Posted by Guy Norris 6:59 PM on Feb 10, 2012

  Had I waited a few more hours, and paid more attention to others more in the know late last night, I would have seen the crew of the skywriting 787 flight were actually scrawling a... Read More >>

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  787 No.2 - 30 minutes away from last landing?

  Posted by Guy Norris 7:11 PM on Feb 07, 2012

  Boeing’s second 787 test aircraft, ZA002, is enroute to an overcast Palmdale, Calif where it is due to arrive by midday Pacific time. The aircraft, which first flew on Dec 22... Read More >>

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  Ice Station Winnipeg

  Posted by Guy Norris 7:25 AM on Feb 07, 2012

  GE is starting operations at its newly opened Engine Testing, Research and Development Center (TDRC), developed in partnership with StandardAero in Winnipeg, Canada. The $50 millio... Read More >>

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  Boeing 787 production line photo update

  Posted by Guy Norris 8:24 AM on Jan 27, 2012

  A view of the 787 final assembly line in Building 40-26 at Everett this week shows aircraft nearing completion for United Airlines and ANA. In position four, nearest the south-faci... Read More >>

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  Boeing 2011 orders and deliveries wrap

  Posted by Guy Norris 4:38 PM on Jan 05, 2012

  Here is Boeing's 2011 commercial orders and deliveries in a nutshell. Although falling slightly shy of the 480 plus deliveries predicted earlier in the year, the company still mana... Read More >>

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  787 wing bend

  Posted by Guy Norris 7:44 PM on Dec 04, 2011

  One of the distinguishing features of the 787 is the striking upward sweep, or dihedral, of the aircraft’s 197 ft span wing. The elegant curve is a facet of the use of compos... Read More >>

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  787 - Package B tests completed

  Posted by Guy Norris 9:00 AM on Dec 01, 2011

  Boeing completed flight tests of the improved Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 “Package B” engines on 787 test aircraft ZA004 on Nov 28. The upgraded engine is designed to bring ... Read More >>

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