Boeing Dreamliner takes off on first test flight
December 16th, 2009 - 2:17 am ICT by IANSSeattle, Dec 16 (DPA) More than two years behind schedule, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner finally took off for its first test flight Tuesday.
The blue and white, twin-engined plane took off for a scheduled four- or five-hour flight from Boeing’s test facility near Everett, Washington, at 10.27 a.m. (1527 GMT) with two experienced test pilots aboard.
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