All things 787

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

This morning Boeing launched a 787 flight test dedicated web site so that anyone can keep tabs on the 787 flight test progress. It includes ...

NASA Photos Yesterday, A NASA contractor put the last segment of a 345 foot long tower meant to support the Ares 1 rocket and Orion spacecr...

Flightblogger is reporting that Boeing is launching two teams to study advance product development for both the 737 and 787. The 737 Advance...

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...

In an effort to help with what's happening with the 787 test fleet and production, I've put together a spreadsheet showing the curre...

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...

It looks like NASA may not be in the Human Spaceflight business for long. In an article in the Wall Street Journal, the Obama Administration...

I just heard that Dreamliner 4 (ZA004) will fly around Feb. 14th and Dreamliner 3 (ZA003) will fly around the end of Feb.

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...

When ZA001 took off on it's maiden flight some of you may have noticed a helicopter with a camera following really closely during its ta...

UPDATE: Flightblogger tweeted that Boeing has confirmed the start of gauntlet testing on RC501 and it should last into th early hours of Sa...

Now that Boeing is well into flight testing the 787, they are are now turning their attention to saving deals with customers. We all know th...

Ok switching gears for a moment. Here's some 747 news. Flightblogger is reporting that the first 747-8 will start 40 hours of final gaun...

Ok I've been out for the last couple of days so I'm going to start out with old news. Boeing said, in a press release on Friday, Jan...

UPDATE: ZA002 will be ferried from Boeing Field back to Everett this evening to have its fuel tanks washed out due to debris that was found ...

In an interview with Bloomberg reporter Susanna Ray, Boeing flight test manager Dennis O'Donoghue says that he's almost "giddy...

Ok forget the A400M problems (it's a military program anyway and I can cover that one in a separate post) but the A380 is going to be Ai...

Here's a coupld of nice videos by Liz Matzelle of ZA001 landing at Boeing Field on January 9. Special Thanks to Liz Matzelle! 787 Landin...