Milestones
With work progressing well on the 787 towards power on scheduled by the end of this month, Boeing reached a few other important milestones.
Ironically, Goldman Sachs today in their notes to investors believed that the 787 would be delayed for a third time. That will be discussed in another entry soon.
Last week, the 1,400th Queen Of The Skies was delivered to AirBridgeCargo, on lease from GECAS.
All images courtesy of Boeing
Entering service in 1995, the Boeing 777 has been no stranger to breaking records. Boeing delivered the 700th 777 (model 777-300ER), on lease from ILFC to Cathay Pacific. In doing so, the delivery marks it being the fastest for any twin aisle airplane in history.
To cap off a busy ten days, design work on the 747-8F reached the 50% mark, paving the way for fabrication of parts for the first airplane.
Assembly is scheduled to start in August, with roll out in early 2009.
Next week, there’ll be another YouTalk special guest entry, covering the recent Tanker announcement by the US Air Force.
Be sure to check in and wade in with your views….
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