ANA 787 Delivery Flight

ANA 787 JA801A delivery flight to Tokyo this morning.

APU start at 5:45 AM.

Boeing employees go back to work after the 787 takeoff.

Paine Field September 20

RC502 Cargolux 747-8F LX-VCB departing on a customer (C3) flight. Rumors in Everett today: this airplane will be delivered on Tuesday, September 27. HF radio checks were conducted on RC504 Cargolux 747-8F LX-VCD tonight.

LX-VCB at the compass rose after returning from the C3.

Towed back to stall 208. The two 747s were moved to the taxiway temporarily while some airplanes were moved around on Runway 11-29.




ANA 787 JA801A departing on a functional check flight. There was another flight later in the afternoon for some ETOPS test conditions.

JA801A returning to Paine Field.

787 line 10 outside ATS Hangar 3.

A B1 flight was planned for TNT Airways N778SA but there was a taxi test only today.

Paine Field September 19

ANA JA625A returning from first flight.

JA801A on the flightline.

Boeing flightline.

WE137 Turkish Airlines TC-JJP returning from an EWA flight.

Paine Field September 17

ANA 787 JA801A on the flightline a few hours before a customer flight this afternoon.

JA801A returned from Grant County Airport in the evening, exited the runway at A8 and did a high speed taxi on 34L.

Paine Field September 9

ANA JA801A just returned from a test flight.

787 line 33 now has engines installed.

WF075 FedEx N892FD returning from a customer flight.

Etihad Airways A6-ETH back from Grant County Airport.

WE137 Turkish Airlines TC-JJP.

View from my office.

Paine Field September 7

JA801A departing on a B3 flight.

Etihad Airways A6-ETH departing on a functional check flight.

Qatar Airways A7-BBI to the Portland paint hangar.

Technicians were working on some of the 787s outside ATS today.

RC522 N50217 off on another test flight this afternoon.

ZA101 Second Flight

ANA 787 JA801A departed Paine Field this afternoon, on the way back now ETA 0050z.

JA801A on final approach Paine Field.

Landing on 34L at Paine Field by Royal S King.

The 787 will begin domestic service with ANA on November 1, see the schedule here.

ANA 787 JA801A First Flight

ANA 787 JA801A comes out of the north gate and does a high speed taxi before first flight.

JA801A returning to Paine Field by Nick Dean.

787 AMTs on the flightline wait for JA801A to take the runway.

Paine Field August 29

787 N1006F in ATS Hangar 3. The blue boxes in front of the building are seat vans.

VF966 ANA JA624A departing on a customer flight.

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VHF radio checks were conducted on ZA101 ANA 787 JA801A this afternoon.

ANA 787 JA801A First Engine Run

Initial engine run on ANA 787 JA801A this morning.