Successful Test Flight For Boeing 747-8I

By Michael Mecham mecham@aviationweek.com .
EVERETT, WASH. .

After a 4 hr., 25 min. flight, Boeing captains Mark Feuerstein and Paul Stemer brought the first 747-8 Intercontinental passenger test article (RC001) to a landing at Boeing Field in Seattle on a sunny yet blustery day.

The flight began at 9:59 a.m. PDT—a minute ahead of the official schedule—from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., Boeing’s widebody assembly site north of Seattle ...

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