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Updated: 4:55 PM Feb 8, 2010
Boeing Makes Another First Flight
Rockford aerospace manufacturers contributed today as Illinois based Boeing made its first flight of the 787-800.
Posted: 4:54 PM Feb 8, 2010 |
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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- The biggest plane Boeing Co. has ever built takes off on its first flight.
The 747-8 freighter lifted off from Paine Field in Everett on Monday -- one day short of the 41st anniversary of the first flight of the first 747 model.
The 747-8 is 250 feet long -- about 18 feet longer than current 747s. It has new wings, engines and technology to make it more fuel-efficient. The new freighter is expected to enter service late this year, while a passenger version is due for delivery in late 2011.
Hamilton Sundstrand and Woodward Governor both contributed electrical parts for the plane and its GE engines.
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Posted by: Eric
Location: Dixon
on Feb 9, 2010 at 02:04 PM
Agreed Tom. Donaldson Co., Inc. in Dixon also has filters in this aircraft; a Cabin Recirculation filter and an Electronic Equipment Cooling filter.
Posted by: Tom
Location: Freeport
on Feb 8, 2010 at 06:15 PM
Don't forget the smaller communities in the area that supplies Boeing....Honeywell in Freeport also has switches on this plane.
Posted by: Ed.
Location: The Heartland
on Feb 8, 2010 at 05:35 PM
The Military Industrial Complex lives on and profits while the people refuse to discuss who placed the put options on the stocks of airlines just prior to the events of 9/11. Way to go.
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