Paine Field February 3

WF158 Lufthansa Cargo D-ALFC begins a taxi test before a B1 flight.

Air China Cargo 777F line 1180 at the fuel dock. 41 sections for 787-8 lines 173 and 174 are being moved to the factory. A 43 and 46 section for line 174 will be moved from the Dreamlifter Operations Center to the 40-26 tonight at 11:45.

Seattle Times: The plane now at the back of the Everett line —the fourth of the new, larger 787-9 models, being built for Air New Zealand — is “a freaking nightmare ... in horrible shape,” the senior Everett employee said.