On a recent trip to the United States, I stopped off to a nice warm welcome in Seattle, followed by a worthy day spent at the hatchery during the Issaquah Salmon Days festival that ran earlier this month – although pictures of half eaten fish aren’t nearly as interesting as half-completed airplanes!
If nothing else, visiting the festival is certainly recommended if you’re in the Pacific Northwest and have an insatiable appetite for marine cuisine.
In between all that, ZA100 and ZA101 awaited me in Everett (with ZA100, the first 787 destined for launch customer All Nippon Airways which had since been residing in the paint shop) as well as an extensive look at the 747-8 production line.
ZA100 – “First 787 Dreamliner For Delivery To All Nippon Airways & The World“
ZA100 – “First 787 Dreamliner For Delivery To All Nippon Airways & The World” Banner
Looking down the production line from ZA100
ZA100, ZA101
ZA101 – Second Boeing 787 For ANA
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Nice shots. I miss being an airplane factory grunt some times.
Can’t wait to see them fly. I’m quite confident Boeing will get “1st flight” by the end the year…..It will not only be a major milestone but a “whew moment” for Boeing.
might that banner in the 2nd picture reveal the true reason behind the 748 delay???
The plot Thicknes
What has a banner on a 787 got to do with the 747-8 delay?
Weird.
If you were in the Issaquah area for the Salmon Days festival, you should have stopped by and said hello!
Maybe next time.
“we fly 1st” ???
Actually, these planes have the designation ZA001 and ZA002.
BTW, I live in Issaquah and I never miss Salmon Days. It’s a great fair!
B~
Bobbelieu
ZA001-ZA006 are the flight test articles.
ZA100 is the first production 787 that will got to All Nippon (as the photo’s depict with the fuselage banner.)
We don’t get the salmon fest here but between the Iowa State Fair and the Adel sweet corn festival we do ok-we’re not starving, y’unnerstand. I am real interested in seeing the first flight-I saw the first flight of MD11 and C17.
“We fly 1st” What year?
Where is ZA001 going to go for the hot and high, and RTO for ZA001?
I betcha that RTO will be a fun thing to watch. I saw some high speed taxiing and braking tests in Long Beach and they blew a tire on a Delta bird doing that-sounded like artillery.
Couldn’t they have, at least, cut the masking tape off square?
>>>>“We fly 1st” What year?
“Any” year would be a start!
Everyday i grow more confident the B-787 will fly by the end of this year.
My guess is within a month of the B-787 flying, the B-747-8F will fly.
If it ‘ain’t Boeing, I ‘ain’t going.
Nothing beats an American Made Aircraft build by Americans. THANKS BOEING TOGETHER WE CAN FLY THE WORLD.
Not exactly a hive of activity!
Where is everybody?
13. Ed | October 23rd, 2009 at 19:19
I’m sorry but I can’t stop myself:
looks like if it is Boeing, It’s not going – My guess is, you’re stuck where you are for a bit.
no hard feelings???
14. Jim | October 23rd, 2009 at 19:40
thanks for being you. always good to see someone unafraid to reinforce stereotypes by showing his cerebral capacity to it’s fullest.
14. Jim | October 23rd, 2009 at 19:40
Nothing beats an American Made Aircraft build by Americans.
Err, you do know how much of the 787 ISN’T “American” and ISN’T build (sic) by “Americans” don’t you?
14. Jim | October 23rd, 2009 at 19:40
Try to see that it’s American expertise that’s driving these great program(me)s. The top brains are mostly American – if you watch from the sidelines, you’ll see more clearly what that means. Sure, things haven’t gone smoothly – but these guys, they’re only ones out there – and the only ones pushing that boundary. It’s amazing – extraordinary.
Given Boeing’s production capacity and the long timeline between the first flight of ZA006 and final certification, am I correct in assuming boeing will have as many as a dozen planes ready for handover as soon as the ink dries on the certificate?