Well, this is it. We have officially reached December, the proposed month in which the 787 Dreamliner will take to the sky for the first time. As such, Boeing took one step closer to achieving that goal; the company announced that they had completed validation of the side-of-body fix on the static test airframe, which is required before they can proceed with full flight testing. During the test, the wings and trailing edges were subjected to the highest limit loads (about 2.5G) that the aircraft is expected to encounter during flight. They still need to analyze all the test results, which Boeing says will take about 10 days to complete. In the meantime, the company has rolled out A/C 1 to the fuel dock on Paine Field. There, the aircraft will be fueled and then subjected to engine run-ups and system tests. If that goes well, then they can proceed with taxi tests. And if that goes well, then the expected first flight of Dec. 22 could very well be attainable.
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