Paine Field July 1

ZA824 American Airlines 787-8 N807AA back from a B1 flight.

Virgin Atlantic 787-9 G-VWHO at the Delivery Center before a delivery flight to London.

Etihad Airways 787-9 A6-BLE delivery flight to Abu Dhabi.

787-9 N789EX in stall 101.

 N789EX and N789FT at Boeing Field March 11, 2014.

 

Vietnam Airlines 787-9 line 333 and Thai Airways 787-8 line 331 on the 40-51 apron.

Paine Field June 7

ZB002 787-9 ZK-NZD ready for a taxi test on 16R then an RTO on 34L. Photo by Royal S King.

 

ZB002 first flight November 7, 2013.

 

 

ZB001 787-9 N789EX was moved out of the EMC today. Photo by Royal S King.

N789FT and N789EX October 31, 2013.

Paine Field May 20

ZB002 787-9 N789FT has been moved out of the EMC to stall 119 on the flightline.

N789FT was moved from Runway 11-29 to the EMC on September 4, 2014.

ZB080 Etihad Airways 787-9 A6-BLD taxi test before a B1 flight.

 

 

A6-BLD back from the B1. Photo by Royal S King.

RC072 Air China 747-8i B-2480 taxi test before a B1 flight.

B-2480 back from the B1. Photo by Royal S King.

WE343 Aeroflot 777 VQ-BUC back from a C1 customer flight.

WE438 EVA Air 777 B-16722 departing on a C1 customer flight.

RC021 747-8i line 1435 N828BA is scheduled for a ferry flight to Marana Thursday morning.

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 November 7

The third 787-9 was moved to stall 101 after an engine run at the compass rose. This is the first 787-9 with GEnx engines.

N789FT first flight this morning. Images copyright The Boeing Company.

 

 

Cargolux LX-VCJ was moved from the south ramp to the fuel dock this evening.

Japan Airlines JA821J on the flightline.

 

ZB001 N789EX is scheduled to fly on Friday.

Paine Field November 6

WF157 Lufthansa Cargo D-ALFB back from a B1 flight.

WF156 Lufthansa Cargo D-ALFA back from a customer flight.

ZB002 N789FT was scheduled for a B1 flight today, after taxiing to 16R the 787-9 returned to the flightline.

A 787 wing set was unloaded from N249BA this evening.

 

 

ZA216 Jetstar Airways VH-VKB back from first flight.

Paine Field November 4

Large Cargo Loader at the Dreamlifter Operations Center.

 

Lufthansa Cargo D-ALFA in stall 212.

The third 787-9 on the flightline.

N789FT is scheduled for a B1 flight on Tuesday.

Air Astana P4-KEB departing on a test flight.