Update 7:17 AM CEST: Boeing's first 787, ZA001, started its Hamilton Sundstrand auxiliary power unit this afternoon (May 12) in Everett, Boeing confirms.
The APU was first started amid a cloud of smoke and fire trucks waiting nearby as a precaution, reports Everett-based photographer Matt Cawby.
Cawby says the APU was run for about 15 minutes before being shutdown.
Yesterday also saw the first daylight appearance of a 787 in the colors of Japanese launch customer All Nippon Airways.
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The APU was first started amid a cloud of smoke and fire trucks waiting nearby as a precaution, reports Everett-based photographer Matt Cawby.
Cawby says the APU was run for about 15 minutes before being shutdown.
Yesterday also saw the first daylight appearance of a 787 in the colors of Japanese launch customer All Nippon Airways.
Filed and updated wirelessly
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