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Feb 17, 07, 1:11 am
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The second Boeing (NYSE: BA - News) 747-400 Dreamlifter completed its first flight earlier today in Taipei. The Dreamlifter is a specially modified 747-400 used to transport the major composite structures of the all-new 787 Dreamliner.
Piloted by Boeing Flight Test Pilots Jerry Whites and Gary Meiser, the Dreamlifter took off from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at 10:34 a.m. and flew for three hours and eight minutes. The airplane -- already wearing the distinctive white and blue livery of the Dreamlifter fleet -- handled well during the routine flight.
This Dreamlifter is expected in Washington State within the next few weeks. The first of the unique fleet arrived in September 2006.
Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070216/sff034.html?.v=71
Piloted by Boeing Flight Test Pilots Jerry Whites and Gary Meiser, the Dreamlifter took off from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at 10:34 a.m. and flew for three hours and eight minutes. The airplane -- already wearing the distinctive white and blue livery of the Dreamlifter fleet -- handled well during the routine flight.
This Dreamlifter is expected in Washington State within the next few weeks. The first of the unique fleet arrived in September 2006.
Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070216/sff034.html?.v=71