Boeing 787 Dreamliner Test Flight Scheduled On Tuesday
December 16th, 2009 - 1:59 am ICT by GD ( Leave a comment )By Meena Kar
Washington, Dec. 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, which was scheduled to fly several months earlier, will take off from the runways of the airport at Everett in Washington on Tuesday. According to the reports, the first test flight scheduled on Tuesday will cover a short distance from Everett to Seattle, in which, it will have to endure several tests to prove it capable of flying in the sky.
CEO and executive president of Boeing, Jim Albaugh expressed his confidence in the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner and said that this plane will set new standards of traveling. In an interview, he said that the Boeing plane in the test flight will prove its excellence. According to the official reports, several factors have made Boeing 787 Dreamliner better than the others. It has been reported that the Boeing plane, which is scheduled for test flight on Tuesday, is more efficient and environment friendly. The new plane will also save fuel and reduce the cost of flying. It is the lightweight of the aircraft that helps in reducing the fuel cost by twenty percent. Therefore, the passengers who will opt for this flight will pay less and experience a comfortable journey.
Sources reported that the design of Boeing 787 Dreamliner will help it resist the regular wear and tear so that it lasts for a longer period of time. The new Boeing aircraft, which will travel at a speed of above 2,500 nautical miles, has seats for two hundred to three hundred people. This is not all, Boeing has more to offer, which will be revealed in the test flight of the aircraft.
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