Boeing South Carolina ready to roll out its first Dreamliner

  • by brendan kearney
    bkearney@postandcourier.com
  • Monday, April 23th, 2012
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Boeing Co. employees were on hand on Dec. 15, 2009, when a Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off on its first flight, Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville lifted off in the big blue and white jet at for a four-hour flight over Washington state, beginning the extensive flight-test program needed to obtain the plane’s Federal Aviation Administration certification.

Boeing Co. employees were on hand on Dec. 15, 2009, when a Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off on its first flight, Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville lifted off in the big blue and white jet at for a four-hour flight over Washington state, beginning the extensive flight-test program needed to obtain the plane’s Federal Aviation Administration certification.