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February 25, 2010
- A third airplane has joined the Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight-test
program. ZA004, the fourth flight-test airplane to be built, took off at
11:43 a.m. local time on Wednesday from Paine Field in
Captains Heather
Ross and Craig Bomben completed a three-hour-and-two-minute flight at
2:45 p.m., landing at Boeing Field in |
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During flight, the airplane reached an altitude of 30,000 feet (9,144 m) and an airspeed of 255 knots, or about 293 miles (472 km) per hour. As the testing of the 787 fleet progresses, the airplane will fly at its expected in-service maximum altitude of 40,000 feet (12,192 m) and speed of Mach 0.85.
"We are
continuing to make good progress on the flight test program," said
Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of the 787
program, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "The team is staying focused
and disciplined in keeping the priority on safety and execution of
the plan."
The Boeing’s
787 Dreamliner is powered by two Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines, the
latest generation in the successful |
Rolls-Royce has a
long track record of reducing the environmental impact of its products
and developing new low emission products, while maintaining exceptional
operating performance. The |
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