All things 787

Mike Mecham wrote very nice comprehensive article in Aviation Week detailing the latest design issue on the 787. Of note in the article is w...

Boy when you think that things possibly couldn't get worse, I woke up to this news. QANTAS, citing the current economic climate, decided...

In an interview with reporters Mike Mecham , Guy Norris and Jens Flottau , Boeing CEO Jim McNerney gave the strongest indication that Boein...

Flightblogger has put up a post in which he explained in greater detail the issue that's facing the 787 side-of-body joint as well as pu...

In a surprise announcement this morning, Boeing announced that it is pushing back the first flight of the ZA 001, the first 787. The issue l...

UPDATE: Jon Ostrower reports that Boeing discovered the issue on the the static test airframe in April 2009! Boeing Press Release: Boeing Po...

Matt Cawby got this great shot of two 787s and the 747LCF together (sort of). Kind of a cool picture. Two Dreamliners and a Dreamlifter

According to a posting by Matt Cawby , ZA 002 the second 787 to fly was moved from the fuel dock to flightline stall 103 indicating that fu...

Mike Mecham of Aviation Week wrote an article detailing the testing left for the 787. Here's how it's all laid out: Friday, June 19t...

Now that the first six 787s are on their way to the air within the next couple of months for flight testing and certification, the next majo...

Matt Cawby posted on his blog that the first taxi runs should start on June 25, 2009. He also reported that the static pressure guide wire a...

Boeing has confirmed my earlier post from yesterday that ZA100, the 7th 787 to be built and the first production 787 for ANA has started fin...

UPDATE (06/16/2009; 10:50PM EST): A source has told me that final assembly on ZA100, the first 787 for ANA will start tonight in Everett. Wo...

Photos Courtesy of Boeing Here's Boeing's press release on the 2 nd Dreamliner going to the flightline : News Release Issued: Jun...

UPDATE: ZA002 (N787EX) is out on at the Boeing fuel dock. Matt Cawby posted a photograph this morning showing the aircraft finally outside a...

Some musing coming out of Paris today. First of all, and not entirely unexpected, Boeing will be offering up both the 767 and the 777 (presu...

Matt Cawby has said that Dreamliner 2 (ZA002) should be at the fuel dock late Sunday night. It is also possible that the main fuselage secti...

Guy Norris posted today that ZA 001 will start final gauntlet testing this Monday, June 15 th . It'll start with a first flight fuel sys...

Matt Cawby, an Everett -area photographer got a picture of Boeing technicians installing the static pressue cone on the tail of the aircraft...

UPDATE (6/12/2009): Jon Ostrower wrote an article that appeared on Flight International's web site where he says that ZA001's first ...