Dreamliner's Latest Estimated Takeoff: June

Troubled aircraft finally reaching last test stages

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 23, 2009 11:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – After years of delays, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner may finally be finished. After a full on-the-ground simulation, one will leave the factory this week to take a place on the runway for a real test flight in June, the Seattle Times reports. Boeing lost 32... Read full story »

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