Paine Field January 31

China Southern Airlines 777 B-20E7 move to the flightline after an engine run at the compass rose.

Japan Airlines 787-9 JA879J departed on a delivery flight to Tokyo.

UPS 767 N370UP was ferried to the Portland paint hangar.

777-9 WH002 N779XX on the flightline.

WH001 777-9 N779XW departed Boeing Field for flight envelope expansion testing. No flights scheduled this weekend, envelope expansion testing will resume February 3.

Paine Field January 30

DHL 777F N773CK B1 flight.

Southwest Airlines N8813Q touch and go on a test flight from Boeing Field.

KC-46A 16-46014 departed on a B1 flight.

Paine Field January 29

777-9 N779XW departed Boeing Field on a test flight today. There was some trouble with windshield icing when returning to BFI. Comms with the TM room here.
Scheduled for envelope expansion testing on January 29.

Uzbekistan Airways 787-8 UK78706 B3 flight.

UPS 767 N370UP returning from a B1 flight. They returned to Paine Field a few minutes after takeoff, apparently something went wrong.

United Airlines 777 N2251U departed on a delivery flight to SFO this afternoon.

A7-BFO is still at the Dreamlifter Operations Center.

Paine Field January 28

Turkish Airlines 787-9 TC-LLH customer flight.

Turkish Cargo 777F TC-LJT at the compass rose.

P-8A 169002 touch and go then back to NAS Whidbey.

Paine Field January 27

AirBridgeCargo 747-8F line 1558 at the fuel dock.

FedEx 767 N183FE back from a test flight.

Qatar Cargo 777F A7-BFO arrived from Chicago for AOG repair at the Dreamlifter Operations Center.

Southwest Airlines 737 N7847A ferry flight from Aviation Technical Services to KSEA.

LCF N747BC departure to Charleston.

777-9 N779XW is scheduled for a test flight from
Boeing Field January 28.

Paine Field January 25

777-9 N779XW departed on a B1 flight at 10:09. Departure audio here.

Paine Field January 24

777-9 N779XW was scheduled for a B1 flight today. New model aircraft takeoff to the north to avoid flying over buildings. Today there were strong winds from the south and the 777-9 needed a tailwind less than 10 knots but that didn't happen, the flight was canceled, Boeing says they will try again tomorrow. Comms between WH001 and the TM room here.

Paine Field January 23

Turkish Cargo 777F TC-LJS delivery flight to Istanbul.

Turkish Airlines 787-9 TC-LLI back from the Portland paint hangar.

777-9 WH001 is scheduled to fly January 24 but the weather forecast doesn't look any better than today.

Paine Field January 22

777-9 N779XW was on the runway for six hours today for taxi checks, including several rejected takeoffs. First flight is scheduled for January 23. Comms between WH001 and the telemetry room here.

The planned first flight on January 23 has been canceled, weather is below B1 flight minimums.

FedEx 767 N183FE scheduled for a B1 flight today, taxi checks only.

United Airlines 777 N2251U departing on a B1 flight.

Paine Field January 21

777-9 WH001 was pulled out of the stall to start engines for a taxi test late this afternoon, a technical problem occurred before engine start and the taxi test was canceled, now rescheduled for Wednesday morning. Comms between WH001 and the telemetry room here.

N772ET was in the pattern for a couple of hours.

737 line 7882 touch and go on a B1 flight from Renton.

737 line 7877 touch and go on a B1 flight from Renton.

China Southern Airlines 777 B-20E7 back from a B1 flight.

Paine Field January 20

777-9 N779XW scheduled for taxi testing May 21, sometime in the afternoon.

FedEx 767 N183FE initial engine run.

WestJet 787-9 C-GKKN on the flightline.

KC-46A 18-46047 touch and go on a functional check flight from Boeing Field.

Fuzhou Airlines 737 N40215 touch and go on a B1 flight from Renton.

Southwest Airlines 737 line 7889 touch and go on a B1 flight from Renton.

Juneyao Airlines 787-9 B-20EC.

Paine Field January 19

The 777-9 static test frame has been moved out of the 45-12 building.

The static test frame was moved out of the factory to the 45-12 on September 7, 2018.

The WH001 gauntlet test scheduled for January 18 was canceled, doesn't look like much is happening today either.