snapshot On cloud ‘9’ With thousands of excited Boeing employees watching and taking pictures, the 787-9 takes off on its first flight Sept. 17 from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., accompanied by two T-33 “chase” jets. The newest member of the Dreamliner family is 20 feet (6 meters) longer than the 787-8 and will carry about 40 more passengers. Air New Zealand is scheduled to take first delivery of the 787-9 in mid-2014. (For more about the innovative 787-9, see story on Page 22.) PHOTO: bob ferguson/BOEING 8 BOEING FRONTIERS / OCTOBER 2013
Frontiers October 2013 Issue
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