Boeing 747-8 was scheduled for its maiden voyage on Monday 10:00 am PST. That time is past by 1 ½ hours. But it is still to take off. Recent news informs that the giant freighter’s first flight is put on hold due to unfavorable weather.
With the apparent demise of the short-range 787-3 looming large, Boeing says a medium-range Dreamliner is not on the cards, but it envisages its future 737 successor plans to include a replacement for the 757.
Boeing has targeted 8 February for the maiden flight of its 747-8 Freighter, one day shy of the 41st anniversary of the type’s first first in 1969.
Air cargo carrier FedEx has revealed renderings of how one if its first Boeing 777F freighters will look when it departs the US for China on a special mission the morning of 4 February.
As Boeing pushes through flight test on its flagship development programme, the company says it plans to have more than 30 Boeing 787s at various stages of completion by year’s end.
