All things 787

Thursday, April 29, 2010

787 undergoing thermal tests in San Antonio

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Boeing Photo ZA003 flew from Eglin Air Force Base to Lackland Air Force Base yeasterday where the aircraft will under go therrmal test part...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

787 undertaking long duration flight tests

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ZA004 has been engaged in long duration test flights over the last couple of days with two flights that lasted about 9 hours each. A source...

Seattle Times gives more details on 787 production halt

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Dominic Gates of the Seattle Times wrote an in depth article giving more details on Boeing's decision to temporarily halt 787 part deliv...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Boeing suspends 787 shipments for one month

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Boeing has halted 787 part inflows into Everett for one month to allow its supplier partners to catch up on work on which they had fallen be...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

ZA004 flies to Victorville with FAA on board

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The start of the 787 certification with the FAA is underway. ZA 004 flew today from Boeing Field to Victorville with FAA inspectors aboard....
Friday, April 23, 2010

News from around the 787 world

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As the weekend approaches I'm finding out that ZA 115 (LN 22) will start final assembly on Monday, April 26 th . In advance of that ZA 1...
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Boeing Announces 787 extreme weather testing

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Boeing Photos Boeing announced the start of extreme weather testing on the 787. It now appears that Boeing will conduct both cold weather a...

Boeing talks 787 progress and possible 777 upgrade

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Boeing Photo s Jim McNerney, speaking on Boeing’s earnings conference call, says that flight testing of the 787 is on track and that Boeing ...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

787 get expanded Type Inspection Authorization...Finally

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Boeing Photo of ZA003 at Eglin Air Force Base The FAA has given Boeing the expanded TIA (Type Inspection Authorization) for the 787 last...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

A350 schedule slips

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Aviation Week revealed that the start of final assembly as well as the first flight date for the A350-900 has slipped by three months. Airbu...
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ZA001 to ZA004, what's happening

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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...
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On the move

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It was moving day for engineers and other flight test personnel in both the 787 and 747-8 programs. First, ZA 003 flew to Eglin Air Force B...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

ZA003 headed cross country to Eglin Air Force Base

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The third Dreamliner, ZA003, is at this moment flying to Eglin Air Force Base to take part in cold soak tests at the USAF's McKinley Cl...
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Boeing responds to Type Inspection Authorizaton questions.

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Earlier I asked Boeing about the delay to the TIA for the 787. Specifically, why was it delayed (no answer on this), when they will expect t...

Four Months In...787 Flight Testing Update

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Four months after ZA001 embarked on its first flight the 787 test flight fleet continues to rack up flight test hours across four airplanes....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Neil Armstrong blasts President's Space Plan

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Neil Armstrong, an astronaut who prizes his privacy above all else, has publicly come out against President Obama's plan for NASA. In a ...
Monday, April 12, 2010

Flightbloggers 787 updates

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Jon Ostrower aka Flightblogger had a couple of cool (one literally) posts that is 787 related. The first one dealt with the paint scheme for...

787 and 747-8 Update - April 12, 2010

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This past weekend it was expected that Boeing was to fly all four 787 ( ZA 001, ZA 002, ZA 003, and ZA 004). Both Guy Norris and Flightblogg...
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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Airbus delays A380 delivery to Korean Air

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In a potential setback to Airbus' plans to deliver at least 20 A380s to customers in 2010, Airbus is delaying delivery of Korean Air...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Boeing declare success on ultimate load test

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Boeing says that last weeks ultimate load test were success after thoroughly reviewing the data. This means that Boeing has cleared a major...
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