Boeing Dreamliner ready for maiden flight
CNN - Tue Dec 15, 3:25 am ETFighting its way through more than two years of delays, Boeing's latest aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, is scheduled to take its maiden flight Tuesday.
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Fighting its way through more than two years of delays, Boeing's latest aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, is scheduled to take its maiden flight Tuesday.
Boeing pilots taxied the aerospace giant's new 787 jetliner down a runway at low and high speeds and simulated a rejected takeoff, lifting the much anticipated plane's nose off the ground, as the last tests were performed before the jet's first flight.
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- Boeing pilots taxied the aerospace giant's new 787 jetliner down a runway at low and high speeds and simulated a rejected takeoff, lifting the much anticipated plane's nose
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Two-and-one-half years after rollout, the 787 finally will fly today if the weather above Paine Field in Everett, Wash., cooperates: "We are now ready for first flight," a Boeing spokesperson told ATWOnline .
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