787 Dreamliner makes it first flight, finally!!

As I'm sure most of you have already heard by now, the 787 did indeed make its first flight today, taking off from Paine Field in Everett, WA at approximately 10:27AM PST.  The aircraft (ZA001), piloted by Captains Mike Carriker and Randy Neville, is expected to land back at Paine Field around 1PM PST.  A live webcast of the landing as well as the post-flight press conference will be streamed at the website link below.  Kinda weird that the stock price for Boeing actually dropped when the Dreamliner finally took off.  Maybe investors are still wary about the months leading up to first delivery to launch customer All Nippon Airlines.  But regardless of the mood of nervous investors, I'm sure Boeing is breathing a sigh of relief that they've finally managed to achieve this important milestone for the program.

787 Dreamliner First Flight Webcast

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