EVERETT, Wash., June 16, 2010 – The first Boeing [NYSE:BA] 787 Dreamliner to be powered by General Electric GEnx engines took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., at 2:41 p.m. (Pacific time) today. It completed a 3-hour-and-48-minute flight, landing at Boeing Field in Seattle at 6:29 p.m.
The GEnx engine is the second of two engine types offered to customers on the 787 Dreamliner. The four airplanes already in the flight test fleet are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
ZA005 will be used to test the General Electric engine package and demonstrate that the changes made with the new engine do not change the airplane’s handling characteristics.
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