Paine Field January 3

UAE A6-PFC delivery flight.

 

RC031 Lufthansa D-ABYL begins a taxi test before a B1 flight.

 

 

 

 

WE387 Ethiopian Airlines ET-APY back from a B1 flight, will be ferried to Victorville for painting on Saturday.

 

WF139 Korean Air Cargo 777F line 1172 was moved from the 40-23 to the fuel dock tonight.

WE396 China Southern Airlines 777 line 1173 was moved out of the 40-25 to the 40-23. Air Canada 777 WE420 is next on the line.

A Lufthansa 747-8i was moved from the 40-22 to the flightline tonight.

Boeing has flown the 787-9 Dreamliner to Auckland, home of launch customer Air New Zealand, marking the 787-9's international debut and longest flight since the robust test program began.

The second of three 787-9s dedicated to the flight-test program, ZB002 N789FT flew direct from Seattle's Boeing Field to Auckland International Airport, departing January 3 at 9:55 a.m. local time and landing (shown here) some 13 hours, 49 minutes later. The airplane is scheduled to continue on to Alice Springs, Australia, for testing in hot weather. Photo: The Boeing Company.

Paine Field December 18

Biman Bangladesh 777 S2-AHM was moved from the 40-23 to the flightline tonight.

A British Airways 777 was moved from the 40-25 to the 40-23.

Cathay Pacific Cargo 747-8F B-LJK at the Everett Delivery Center before a delivery flight. B-LJL is in the stall on the right.

 

 

B-LJK is the first 747-8 delivered with the Performance Improvement Package engines. Boeing photo.

 

 

 

RC563 Cathay Pacific Cargo B-LJM back from a C2 flight.

 

 

 

WE335 Aeroflot VQ-BQB back from a B1 flight.

 

Engine start on Qatar Airways A7-BAU for a delivery flight to Doha.

ZA560 A6-PFC back from a C2 flight. A C3 flight is scheduled for Thursday.

A 787 fuselage was unloaded from LCF N249BA this afternoon.

 

 

 

Paine Field November 25

ZA560 UAE A6-PFC back from an incomplete B1 flight.

 

 

 

A6-PFC was moved out of the factory on November 13.

 

A 787 production article was moved from Rack 8 in the 7-336 to the 40-32 yard this morning.

 

Hainan Airlines B-2729 on the flightline.

 

ZA216 Jetstar Airways VH-VKB back from a test flight.

 

Cathay Pacific B-KQL was moved from the 40-23 to the fuel dock tonight.

An Air China 777 was moved from the 40-25 to the 40-23.

Paine Field November 15

United Arab Emirates 787-8 A6-PFC on the flightline.

Japan Airlines JA821J on the flightline. Looks like the engines were removed sometime last night.

WD824 Cathay Pacific B-KQK was ferried to Portland for painting.

A 787 wing set was unloaded from N780BA this afternoon.

 

 

 

ZB002 N789FT will be ferried to Eglin AFB on Saturday.

 

 

 

Paine Field November 14

United Arab Emirates 787-8 A6-PFC at the fuel dock.

ZA327 Jetairfly OO-JDL back from a B1 flight.

ZA432 Hainan Airlines B-2729 back from a B1 flight.

 

WD824 Cathay Pacific B-KQK low approach on a B1 flight.

 

787-9 N789ZB on the flightline.

 

Japan Airlines JA821J on the flightline.

Paine Field November 13

ZA327 Jetairfly OO-JDL was scheduled for a B1 flight today but there was a taxi test only.

ZA650 Norwegian EI-LNC departing on a functional check flight.

 

WD994 Philippine Airlines RP-C7772 ready to begin a taxi test.

 

 

United Arab Emirates 787 A6-PFC was moved from the 40-26 to the fuel dock tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line 143 was moved from the 40-24 to the 40-26.

 

 

 Air Canada C-FNNU was moved from the 40-23 to the fuel dock.

 

 

 787-9 N789ZB on the flightline.

 

 

A 787 fuselage section was moved from Kilo North to the factory.

 

 

 

 

Machinists walk back to the Everett factory after voting on the Boeing contract this morning.