Second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Begins Flight Test

EVERETT, Wash., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The second Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Intercontinental, RC021, successfully made its first flight today. The airplane completes the two-airplane test fleet for the 747-8 Intercontinental.

"This is another great milestone for our flight test program and shows the progress we are making toward delivery of our passenger airplane," said Elizabeth Lund, vice president and general manager, 747 program.

Piloted by Captains Keith Otsuka and Ron Johnston, with Ralph Chaffin serving as system operator and Greg Lichneckert as flight analyst, RC021 took off at......

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Boeing flies second 747-8 Intercontinental

Boeing’s second 747-8 Intercontinental took off on its first flight Tuesday from Paine Field, beside Boeing’s Everett, Wash., wide-body plant.

The aircraft took off at 9:27 a.m., is flying over Moses Lake and is scheduled to return to Everett......

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Boeing 747-8 blows tire on landing

Boeing’s largest jet was completing only its third test flight when it landed on runway 13R and blew a tire on its......

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Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Conducts Successful First Flight

SEATTLE, March 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Intercontinental successfully began its flight test program today, taking off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., before several thousand employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders. The airplane landed four hours and 25 minutes later at Boeing Field in Seattle. The 747-8 Intercontinental's first flight marks the beginning of a flight test program that will finish in the......

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Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Completes Taxi Tests Successfully

EVERETT, Wash., March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) successfully completed high-speed taxi tests on the first 747-8 Intercontinental today. This is the last in a series of functional tests planned in preparation for first flight.

"The pilots report the airplane performed well," said Elizabeth Lund, vice president and general manager of the 747 program. "We'll analyze the test data, but we're confident that the airplane is ready for first flight and ready to enter the flight test phase of the program."

During the testing, the airplane reached a top speed of approximately......

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Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Completes Final Gauntlet Test

EVERETT, Wash., March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) has completed final gauntlet testing on the first 747-8 Intercontinental jetliner. The two days of testing were completed late Sunday. "The team continues to do great work to get the 747-8 Intercontinental into the air," said Elizabeth Lund, vice president and general manager, 747 program. "It'll be a great day for the team when the airplane flies."

Gauntlet testing simulates......

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Boeing boosts 777 output, readies 747-8 Intercontinental to fly

In case you missed it, there were a few news items of interest from the weekend. Here’s a recap......

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Boeing looks to 20 March for 747-8I first flight

A day after Boeing's first 747-8 Intercontinental successfully completed its first engine run, company sources indicate the aircraft's maiden sortie is honing in on 20 March.

Boeing declined to confirm the 20 March target, but company sources say the first engine start came......

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Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Completes Engine Runs Successfully

EVERETT, Wash., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) successfully completed the first engine runs for the 747-8 Intercontinental today. The milestone marks a key step in preparing Boeing's largest-ever passenger jet for flight test.

"The integrated airplane systems and engines performed as expected," said Elizabeth Lund, vice president and deputy program manager of the 747 program. "This result allows us to continue moving forward to first flight."
Engine runs began at......

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Boeing, Air China Sign Agreement for 747-8 Intercontinentals

HONG KONG, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Air China today signed an agreement for the purchase of five 747-8 Intercontinental jetliners. Air China is the first Chinese carrier to......

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Boeing 747-8I debuts in new custom livery

Boeing today unveiled the largest jetliner in its history, the 747-8 Intercontinental, which it claims is significantly more fuel efficient, quiter and greener than its 747-400 predecessor.

The new jetliner was revealed to a crowd of approximately......

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Clark: 777-300ER responsible for sparse 747-8I sales

Emirates president Tim Clark believes the success of the Boeing 777-300ER is behind the lack of success so far for the 747-8I, which has only secured......

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Feelin' stronger every day

...As the global economy continued to recover and air traffic rebounded, the demand for new airplanes increased faster than expected. That’s reflected in 530 net orders last year and the delivery of 462 airplanes as reported in our fourth-quarter 2010 results today. Here’s a glance at how our programs faired:......

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Boeing puts engines on first 747-8 Intercontinental

Boeing has installed GEnx engines on the first 747-8 Intercontinental, the company reported on its Twitter feed Thursday.

The Intercontinental is the passenger version of the 747-8 and scheduled for first delivery......

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747-8I four-month flight test campaign slated for March kickoff

ATLANTA -- With structural sections coming together in Everett for RC001, Boeing's first 747-8I is destined to be the biggest BBJ yet, with its first flight slated for the end of the first quarter 2011, kicking off a fourth month certification campaign.

The flight test program marks the first time in Boeing's history that a lead flight test aircraft is slated to begin its service life as VIP configured aircraft.

"It's pretty exciting for us in our little BBJ world to have the first airplane to be going through the manufacturing process," says Steve Taylor, Boeing Business Jets president.

Taylor says the four-month certification process is "not all that dramatic, it's two airplanes. One of them is a Lufthansa airplane and one of them is our VIP airplane. It's a very short flight test program because virtually all the work is done on the freighter."

Many of the troubles encountered during the development of the 747-8F are expected to.....

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Boeing Joins Fuselage Sections for First 747-8 Intercontinental

EVERETT, Wash., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] moved closer this week toward completing assembly of the first 747-8 Intercontinental as mechanics in Everett, Wash., loaded the forward and aft fuselage sections to join with the wing and center section.

The 747-8 fuselage is 250 feet 2 inches (76.3 meters) long, which is 18 feet 4 inches (5.6 meters) longer than the 747-400. The stretch provides space for......

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Boeing begins wing-body mating of first 747-8I

Boeing's first passenger 747-8 Intercontinental has entered wing body join and systems installation, one assembly step prior to mating the fuselage sections to create the worlds longest passenger aircraft.

The company's first 467-seat 747-8I, RC001, the first of......

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Boeing Assembles First 747-8 Intercontinental Forward Fuselage

EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) achieved another significant milestone for the first 747-8 Intercontinental Sunday night with the assembly of the airplane's forward fuselage. The 89-foot, 2-inch (27.2 meters) fuselage section, featuring the airplane's signature upper deck, was moved from the assembly tool for sealing and testing before beginning systems installation.

The 747-8 features a stretched fuselage compared to that of the......

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Boeing 747-8F nears schedule slip as first 747-8I progresses

Despite strong schedule uncertainty with Boeing's 747-8 freighter, the airframer continues to press on with assembly of its first -8I passenger aircraft.

Boeing now says a "very high probability" exists that first deliveries of the new jumbo freighter to Cargolux will......

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