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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Takes Flight

Posted by kdawson on from the million-lines-of-code-on-the-wing dept.

Bordgious and a number of other readers sent word of the 787 Dreamliner's first flight after two years of delays. The four-hour test kicks off nine months of airborne testing. Aviation Week has video of the test flight and a timeline of the 787's development. Here is the flight path. 840 of the planes are on order now, down from a high of 910, as some customers canceled orders due to the delays.

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  1. LOL. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Which is why the A380 was delivered 2 years ahead of the 787 to great acclaim, while Boeing fucked up just about every aspect of their design work. You yanks are hilarious, if it wasn't for your massive government subsidied of Boeing through sweetheart military contracts, that incompetent company would have been out of business decades ago.