Boeing has completed a static test to validate the side-of-body modification made to the Boeing 787. The test- dubbed 2C - saw the composite wings of ZY997, Boeing's static test airframe, flexed to a ...

Boeing has completed the ultimate load wing-bend test on the 787 static test airframe (ZY997) at its plant in Everett, Washington. The airframer says that it applied loads to replicate 150% of the ...

The Boeing Co. (Everett, Wash.) successfully completed a high-pressure test, known as “high blow,” on the 787 Dreamliner static test airframe at its Everett factory on Sept. 27, but further work was ...

said in a joint statement. “The traveling public’s safety is our highest priority,” LaHood and Huerta continued. “These test flights will be an important part of our efforts to ensure the safety of ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A Boeing 787 made a 2-hour test flight Monday on a test flight to see if a redesigned battery system would work properly while the plane was in the air. The test flight was an important ...

Boeing is stepping-up the pace of 787 testing following the first flight of the sixth and final dedicated test aircraft on Oct. 4. ZA006 is the second General Electric GEnx-1B-powered 787. It flew for ...

The FAA’s decision to take the 787 out of flight in January followed the fire that was sparked by a lithium-ion battery and a separate incident in which smoke was seen in-flight on another airplane ...