Paine Field December 30

Air China 747-8I B-2479 delivery flight to Beijing with 24 on board.

 

Boeing flightline.

Paine Field December 28

VH001 KC-46A N461FT departing on a B1 flight with two on board. Boeing photo. Departure communications here.

 

VH001 spent a few hours on flutter track one north of Paine Field, did 3 approaches at Paine then landed at Boeing Field.

Paine Field December 27

VH001 KC-46A N461FT did some taxi tests today in preparation for a B1 flight on Sunday. Audio of VH001 and the telemetry room here.

 

 

Paine Field December 26

KC-46A N461FT on the flightline, first flight scheduled for December 28 Paine Field to Boeing Field. Flightline techs tried for some radio checks but the radio room closed early today.

Boeing's first 767 tanker was scrapped in August 2012.

 

 

 

 

Paine Field December 24

RC021 747-8I N6067U is back in stall 115.

 

 

 

Azerbaijan 787-8 VP-BBR delivery flight.
 

Paine Field December 23

WE488 Saudi Arabian Airlines 777 HZ-AK25 back from a B1 flight.

ZB028 Virgin Atlantic 787-9 G-VAHH departing on a B2 flight.

WF024 China Southern 777F B-2010 was ferried to Portland for painting.

ZB077 Etihad Airways 787-9 A6-BLA departing on a C1 customer flight.

VT565 FedEx 767 N112FE was scheduled for a B1 flight today, there was a taxi test only.

ZA152 Royal Air Maroc 787-8 CN-RGB departing on a C1 customer flight.

Paine Field December 22

RC037 Lufthansa 747-8I D-ABYR back from a B2 flight.

 

WE504 China Airlines 777 B-18055 back from the Portland paint hangar.

ZA152 Royal Air Maroc 787-8 CN-RGB is scheduled for a C1 customer flight on Tuesday.

Boeing Everett flightline December 22, 2012.

Paine Field December 20

Aeromexico 787-8 XA-AMX delivery flight to MMMX.

 

RC021 747-8I N6067U for Lufthansa was moved from the flightline to the 40-22 last night.

A Korean Air 747-8I was moved out of the 45-04 paint hangar to the flightline today.

Boeing Everett flightline.

Paine Field December 19

ZB028 Virgin Atlantic 787-9 G-VAHH departing on a B1 flight.

WF024 China Southern Airlines 777F B-2010 back from a B1 flight.

China Southern Airlines 777 B-2009 delivery flight to ZBTJ.

Emirates 777 A6-ENX delivery flight to Dubai.

 

Technicians did some VHF radio checks on KC-46A VH001 today.

 

 

American Airlines 787-8 N801AC on the 40-51 apron.

 

 

Paine Field December 17

ZA152 Royal Air Maroc 787-8 CN-RGB back from a B1 flight.

 

WE444 Thai Airways 777 HS-TKX departing on a B1 flight.

Paine Field December 8

ZB077 Etihad Airways 787-9 A6-BLA ready to depart on a B1 flight.

 

 

 

RC527 Nippon Cargo Airlines 747-8F JA17KZ departing on a functional check flight.

 

ZA783 Aeromexico 787-8 XA-AMX back from a B1 flight on December 7. Photo by Royal S King.

Paine Field December 6

ZA783 Aeromexico 787-8 XA-AMX was scheduled for a B1 flight today, there was a taxi test only due to poor weather.

ZA666 Avianca 787-8 N781AV departing on a B3 flight.

Paine Field December 5

RC671 747-8F N823BA was ferried to Pinal Airpark today for storage.

ZA666 Avianca 787-8 N781AV back from a B2 flight.

 

ZA665 Avianca 787-8 N780AV departing on a B5 flight.

 

WE526 Cathay Pacific 777 B-KQU departing on a B1 flight.