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I went down to Boeing Field today to catch an AirNav LearJet and ended up catching a 787. While waiting for the learjet on a sunny Seattle afternoon, I got a flight aware alert text message on my phone saying that BOE001 (787 Line No. 1) was due to depart...
Today at 0900 local time, the second 787 Dreamliner took to the skies off of runway 34R at Paine Field as "Boeing 002 Heavy Experimental." They were accompanied by a lone CT-33 chase plane, N416X , for an expected hour long test flight that...
Well today was the day! After much delay, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner took to the skies just a little after 1000 local time. The air is charged A humid, [motioning] mass The crowds and the cameras, The cars full of spectators pass Excitement so thick you...
With the 787 Dreamliner's first flight fast approaching, I thought I'd shed some light on one of the key components of the day - the cool chase planes! Boeing Commercial Airplanes, unlike rival Airbus, has three airworthy chase planes in their...