Paine Field April 1

Ethiopian Airlines 787 ET-ASH delivery flight to HAAB with 7 on board.

 

ZB407 ANA 787-9 JA836A departing on a B1 flight.

 

ZA153 Royal Air Maroc 787-8 CN-RGC back from a C1 customer flight with 13 on board.

787 Certification Event at Paine Field

Royal S King covered the 787 FAA certification ceremony at the compass rose this morning.

N787EX came by for a low approach at 10:00 AM, mission accomplished.

After the ceremony, N787BA took off....

....and came back for a low approach then went to Boeing Field.

Paine Field June 8

N780BA inbound from Charleston. No cargo unloaded today.

ANA 787 line 15 was moved from the compass rose to stall 115.

N619FX to Reno.

BOEING 522 N50217 returning from Grant County Airport.
A very short landing, looks like 5000 feet remaining on a 9000 foot runway.
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BOEING 523 N6009F returning from Grant County Airport.

Boeing Fire and Security were looking for an ELT signal on 121.5 MHz this afternoon, initially thought to be coming from a 747 in the 40-23.

Paine Field June 6

ANA 787 line 18 at the south ramp.

Air India 787 line 32 at the south ramp.

Royal Air Maroc 787 line 17 was moved from the 40-51 apron to Runway 11-29 this afternoon.

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N787EX in stall 101.

The Flying Heritage Collection's MiG-29 N29UB.

Paine Field June 2

Boeing flightline. UPS 767 VR276 was moved out of the factory Wednesday night, note the engine in stall 101 covered with a blue tarp. Tonight at 0315z 787 line 2 N787EX landed and was parked in stall 101.

Paine Field May 14

Etihad Airways 777F in the 40-25.

N787EX touch and go.




Engines were run today on 787 line 9 ZA102 N1006F.

N1006F returning from first flight January 19, 2011.

May 14, 2009. Main tank fueling functional tests were conducted on 787 ZA001 N787BA.

N787EX

Dreamliner Two N787EX is ready to be moved out of the temporary hangar November 14, 2009. The side-of-body modification is apparently complete. Dreamliner Four will likely be moved from ATS Hangar 3 to the tent on Sunday. Dreamliner One, N787BA, conducted VHF and HF radio checks with Boeing Everett Radio in the morning.

FedEx N853FD performs a high speed taxi before first flight.

ANA JA784A

Paine Field August 20

N787EX comes out of the Boeing north gate to begin 6-1/2 hours of taxi tests.

N787EX performs a high speed taxi while conducting a thrust reverser test condition.

A thrust reverser test condition has just been completed on N787EX and it is being taxied to the compass rose for brake cooling.

N787EX is pushed back to stall 103 from the compass rose. Thrust reverser test conditions began at 1:30 PM and were completed at 8 PM.


N249BA arrives from Charleston.

787 fuselage unloaded from N249BA.

N787EX Taxi Test

N787EX performs a taxi test on runway 34L at Paine Field August 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM.

N787EX performs a taxi test on runway 16R at Paine Field August 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM.

N787EX performs a high speed taxi test on runway 34L at Paine Field August 19, 2009 at 1:17 PM. Taxi tests began at 10:25 AM and were completed at 6 PM.

N787EX cools down on the Alpha taxiway before beginning another taxi test at 4 PM.

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Control surface movement on N787EX August 6, 2009.

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APU is running July 18, 2009.

N787EX

July 14, 2009

N787EX Initial Engine Run

Dreamliner Two first engine start July 1, 2009.

VHF radio and selcal checks (GR-AB) on N787BA today.

N787EX

VHF and HF radio checks were conducted on N787EX today.

N787EX Move

N787EX move from the fuel dock to stall 103 June 19, 2009.

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A Boeing Fire truck stands by as N787EX is prepared for an APU start.

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N787EX at the fuel dock June 15, 2009.