Boeing’s 787 makes first test flight
Originally set to go up in ’07, jetliner begins 9 months of trials
Posted: December 16, 2009 at 4:51 a.m.
Employees at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., cheer as a Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off for its first test flight Tuesday.
Boeing’s new 787 jetliner finally got airborne Tuesday, the long-delayed inaugural flight of the world’s first commercial plane constructed with half its components made from lightweight composite materials.
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Business, Pages 27 on 12/16/2009
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