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GE Engine Equipped 787 To Begin ETOPS Testing In July
Aviation Week is reporting that Boeing will begin ETOPS testing on General Electric GEnx equipped 787 Dreamliners in July. ETOPS (Extended Twin Engine Operations) is seen as the last step before the GEnx equipped Dreamliners are certified for flight by the Federal Aviation Administration. ETOPS certification is crucial for the Dreamliner to be able to [...]
787 Dreamliner Nearing Certification Says Boeing
Boeing on Thursday says it is nearing FAA flight certification for the 787 Dreamliner. The flight test are on track for delivery later this year. Boeing has completed 60% of flight testing for Dreamliners equipped with GE GEnX engines and 80% complete for Rolls Royce equipped airframes.
FAA Halts 787 Dreamliner Certification Testing
The FAA has halted certification testing of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner until the cause of the fire that forced the emergency landing of plane no. 2 can be determined. Dreamliner No. 2, in All Nippon Airways livery, made an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas earlier this week after a fire broke out in the aft [...]
Boeing Suspends All 787 Dreamliner Test Flights
Boeing has suspended all 787 test flights after Dreamliner No.2 made an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas yesterday. Dreamliner No. 2 was on approach to Laredo, when smoke was discovered in the main cabin. The plane landed safely after the Ram Air Turbine automatically deployed so assist with power systems. The crew evacuated using [...]
FAA Changes Course On 747-8 Turbulence Rule AGAIN
The FAA has reissued an interim rule requiring a ten mile separation between the Boeing 747-8 and other aircraft. The FAA had issued this interim ruling several weeks ago, but quickly rescinded it. That previous ruling covered both the 747-8 and the 787 Dreamliner. This new interim order only covers the 747-8 and could be [...]
US Airline Passenger Loads Set Record At 86.9%
US airline passenger loads set a record at 86.9% for the month of July. US airlines carried 68.4 million passengers for the month of July. Delta Air Lines carried the most passengers at 10.8 million. More information and the statistics from the United States Department of Transportation can be found here. Monthly Year-to-Date [...]
FAA Reverses Itself On Extra Plane Spacing For 787 and 747-8
The Seattle Times is reporting that the FAA has rescinded it’s previous advisory suggesting that planes following the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the 747-8 would have to maintain a ten mile separation between planes. An FAA spokesperson says the order was issued prematurely and that the advisory had a number of errors. We will have [...]
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