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  787 - back to certification testing

  Posted by Guy Norris 6:05 AM on Jan 18, 2011

  Boeing has confirmed the restart of 787 certification flight tests after an almost two-month hiatus following the in-flight electrical fire on the second test aircraft in November.... Read More >>

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  787's first year of flight tests - a retrospective

  Posted by Guy Norris 9:44 AM on Dec 15, 2010

  What a difference a year can make. On a bleak, wet and windy day in Everett, Wash, on Dec 15, 2009, I was one of several thousand who braved the weather to watch the long-dela... Read More >>

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  787 fire - arc or short circuit

  Posted by Guy Norris 11:02 PM on Nov 24, 2010

  Boeing is developing what it says are “minor design changes” to the power distribution panels on the 787 and adding updates to the systems software that manage and prot... Read More >>

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  787 ZA004 returns to Everett

  Posted by Guy Norris 2:03 AM on Nov 22, 2010

  Boeing ferried ZA004 back from Boeing Field to Everett on Nov 21, and is now planning to return ZA002 to Seattle from Laredo, Texas where it has been grounded since the in-flight f... Read More >>

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  787 - new details of fire and damage on ZA002

  Posted by Guy Norris 7:09 AM on Nov 12, 2010

  While Boeing inspects the inside of ZA002’s belly and systems for damage from the electrical fire which has grounded the 787 test fleet, the first significant details of the ... Read More >>

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  Boeing extends 787 grounding

  Posted by Guy Norris 11:31 PM on Nov 10, 2010

  Boeing is extending the grounding of its 787 test fleet as it seeks to “better understand the cause of the incident” that forced the crew of ZA002 to make an emergency ... Read More >>

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  787s grounded - update

  Posted by Guy Norris 9:08 AM on Nov 10, 2010

  Boeing has confirmed it is cancelling all 787 flight tests for November 10 in the wake of yesterday’s emergency landing by ZA002 in Laredo, Texas.The test aircraft landed fol... Read More >>

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