787 Dreamliner first flight wrap-up

Unless you've been hiding in a cave for the past several days, then chances are you would have heard a sound byte or two about the Dreamliner's first flight.  I believe most major media news outlets (TV, radio, internet, newspaper) devoted resources to reporting on this truly historical event.  I'm a little bit disappointed that I wasn't able to witness the plane taking off.  So good job on Boeing for providing videos and pictures for the multitudes who couldn't be there.  In retrospect, it was likely more comfortable watching a streaming video in front of my computer than standing outside on the airfield in the cold Seattle weather.  Below is a recap of the flight:

* First flight occurred at Paine Field in Everett, Washington
* Estimated crowd of 12,000+ employees and guests
* Guests included former Boeing BCA CEO Scott Carson and former
  787 Program Lead Mike Bair
* Approximately 3 hour test flight (takeoff 10:27AM PST, landing
  1:33PM PST)
* Flight was cut short from 5 hours to 3 hours because of bad weather
* Test Pilots: 787 Chief Pilot Mike Carriker and Captain Randy Neville
* Revised flight path over the east end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca
* Original flight path would have taken plane over the Cascade
  Mountains 
* ZA001 accompanied by two T-33 jet trainers
* Reached an altitude of 15,000 ft. and a speed of 207 mph
* ZA001 powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines
* Six total flight test aircraft (two of which are powered by GE GEnx
  engines)
* Scheduled first delivery: 4th quarter of 2010

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