Sixth Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes first flight

The final Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to its fleet test flight made its first flight Monday, ZA006, is the second 787 equipped with General Electric GEnx engines to fly. Captains Christine Walsh and Bill Roberson are controls during flight 1 hour and 4 minutes. "It's nice to have our last flight test aircraft to its fleet, "said Scott Fancher, vice President and General manager of the 787 program. "We have been focused on the completion of tests necessary for certification of 787 with Rolls-Royce engines, because this is the first model that we provide. A large amount of testing we did also applies to the 787s with GE engines and should not be repeated. "There is, however, a smaller portion of test that is unique to the combination of airframe/engine. In General, this portion includes noise testing, operations of extreme weather, function and reliability and extended operations. Furthermore, the test to see if the airplane maintains the same regardless of the type of engine and that the systems they work on both models is required. Some additional flight tests will be performed on one production aeroplanes, the ninth 787 to be built, but is not considered a full-time member of the flight flight test fleet. The 787 test program has recorded more than 1900 hours flights over 620 and completed more than 65% of flight test conditions for 787s with Rolls-Royce engines. Equally important for any tests required in the air is that the land of tests necessary to certify a new plane. Boeing has completed over 4,000 hours of testing on the same aircraft that are adding program. In flight test soil fatique began a test in Everett. Fifteen flights were simulated. Federal regulations require Boeing to conduct twice as many flight cycles as any plane in service revenue. Boeing expects to have completed the 10,000 flight cycles before the first delivery.
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