Boeing and ANA celebrated the inaugural flight of the first 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter this week, as well as completion of the airplane’s journey to Seattle on the airplane’s second flight. … The airplane is painted in the livery of Japan-based ANA, the launch customer for the 767-300BCF, and the livery of ALLEX, a joint venture between ANA, Nippon Express and Kintestsu World Express.
Boeing has abandoned its plan to field two new versions of the 787 in 2010, as well as perhaps a third in 2013. The 787-8 will be delivered in the third quarter 2009 under the latest revised schedule, but the stretched 787-9 is postponed to at least 2012, and the short-haul 787-3 will follow but has no firm delivery date.
The GEnx-1B engine for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner received airworthiness engine certification this week from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The FAR (Federal Aviation Regulation) 33 certification follows an extensive two-year ground- and flight-test program that involved eight engines and two flight-test programs on GE’s 747 flying test bed.
