Category: Civil Aviation

The third Boeing 787 to fly, test aircraft ZA004, made its first flight on February 24 from Paine Field, Everett, landing three hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle. “Airplane No 4 operated flawlessly today,” Captain Heather Ross, who will be ZA004’s chief pilot, said after landing. “We’ve got a lot of work ahead of

The first Boeing 787, MSN ZA001, was forced to divert to Moses Lake, Washington State, on February 19 after it encountered an uncommanded loss of thrust in one of its Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines. According to the blog of Boeing’s vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth, engineers from Rolls-Royce and Boeing identified that the

The first new build Viking Air Series 400 Twin Otter made its first flight from the company’s Calgary production facility on February 16. The aircraft, which is registered C-FMJO and carries MSN845, took an initial 10 minute test flight which saw it then land at Calgary International Airport. Compared to the previous series 300 aircraft,

Boeing has announced that the fourth and final Dreamlifter entered service on February 16, operating its maiden service from Everett, Washington, to Wichita, Kansas. The Dreamlifter is a 747-400 heavily modified to carry large composite structures for the 787 from around the world for final assembly at Everett, and eventually Charleston. The aircraft were modified