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Bloomberg: Boeing’s Biggest 747 Begins Flight Testing Program

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Beautiful day for first flight here in Seattle:

Boeing Co.’s 747-8, the biggest jumbo jet it’s ever built, flew for the first time today, joining the composite-plastic 787 Dreamliner in delayed flight-test programs the company now aims to complete by the end of the year.

The 747-8’s first takeoff comes just a day short of the 41st anniversary of the original 747’s maiden flight. The jet lifted off at 12:39 p.m. local time from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, across from the factory Boeing built in 1967 specifically to house the aircraft and which is now home to the 787, 777 and 767 assembly lines as well.

KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES

G2 Solutions @ February 8, 2010

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