787 Dreamliner power-on

[deeknow]

For those that missed it, last Friday was power-on day for the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. They have a nice little flash presentation linked of their home page with lots of short videos of the cockpit and electrical systems. Very corporate of course, but definately worth a watch:

http://www.boeing.com/

[Naki]

Finally - when will it fly???! Cant be too far away.

[deeknow]

QUOTE (Naki @ Jun 27 2008, 10:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Finally - when will it fly???! Cant be too far away.

Sounds like stress-testing of the static aircraft will go on for a few months yet, with first flight in the fourth-quarter 2008 and deliveries to begin third-quarter 2009.

See Boeing press release in April:
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family...080409b_nr.html

[Daniel]

Thanks for the link. It's about time that we heard some news about it.
That guy plugging in the external power looks very happy

[Anthony]

Yer nice to see the 787 program progresing after the setbacks and delays its been through.
Must be close to flying time.
I've heard that Alice Springs and a few other places in Australia are on the shortlist for flight testing.