All things 787

Here's a rundown on news bits regarding the 747-8 and 787 programs. Boeing and ANA will test the 787 in Japan this fall. No word on when...

The 787 test flight fleet seems to be taking a break from flying...at least a few of the airplanes. ZA 001 - is in a pre -certification layu...

James Albaugh, Boeing Commercial Aircraft President, spoke at a JP Morgan Investors conference this morning. Here are a few snippets: 787 sh...

Flightblogger is reporting that ZA002 will fly to Victorville, Ca. this week as part of the 787 flight test program. The Southern California...

Boeing Photo Yesterday was a busy day for Boeing...and this blogger! Boeing has a large staff to keep track of all the flight testing going ...

Matt Cawby's Video of ZA004's first flight: Special Thanks to Matt Cawby Video of ZA004 taking off courtesy of Future of Flight Muse...

UPDATE 2 (11:45 AM ET): Ok lots going on today: RC501 flying out of Moses Lake at 9:25 AM, ZA002 flying out of Boeing Field at 9:40 AM, and ...

According to information I received the in flight anomaly that ZA001 experienced is a non issue and all airplanes will return to flight tomo...

According to Randy Tinseth in a blog post, ZA 001 experienced an uncommanded loss of thrust in one of the Trent 1000 engines. According to...

Tomorrow, both ZA004 and RC501 (787 and 747-8F) will be flying in the air. The former for the first time and the later for the second time. ...

Position of ZA 001 and ZA 002 during flight tests on February 6, 2010 using AirNav Live Flight Tracker 6.0. Boeing is gradually ramping up...

UPDATE 4: RC501 has finished taxi tests today but on the last high speed taxi run, smoke apparently developed from the righ hand gear possib...

Boeing Photo Flightaware put out an alert for Boeing 001's (also known as Dreamliner 1, ZA001, LN 1, N787BA) return to the air this aft...

According to Guy Norris' latest blog post, RC501, the first 747-8, will start taxi tests tomorrow morning (Feb. 6, 2010) with these test...

Boeing Photos Aviation Week's Mike Mecham and Guy Norris each posted an update on the 787. Guy Norris reports that ZA001 will return t...

Boeing's production of 787 continues as the flight testing program is well underway. Boeing just started final assembly on the 16th airp...

Flight testing on the 787 resumed with ZA002 taking off at 11:23AM local time from Everett Field. The aircraft should land in a couple hours...

Guy Norris put up an update today of the status of the 787 and the 747-8. The 747-8F RC501 is going through another set of Primary Flight Co...

Flightblogger is reporting that ZA001 should return to the air by the end of the month (I presume he's talking about end of January). He...

Boeing Photos Well a few tid bits from these two programs came out from the usual suspects and the not so usual suspects. First off, Bloomb...