GE-Powered 787 Enters Test Flight
By Guy Norris guy_norris@aviationweek.com
LOS ANGELES
The first General Electric GEnx-1B powered Boeing 787 completed a 3-hr. and 48-min. initial flight June 16, bringing total test time amassed by the 787 fleet to date to around 1,000 flight hours.
The aircraft (ZA005) took off from Everett, Wash., at 2:42 p.m. Pacific time, flown by captains Mike Bryan and Mike Carriker. After performing initial handling tests over ...
