EVERETT, Wash., June 20, 2008 - Boeing [NYSE: BA] has completed Power On for the first 787 Dreamliner. The test sequence lasted for just over a week and proved the functionality and installation of the airplane's electric systems.
Running tests in the flight deck are (from left) James Townsend, aviation manufacturing technician inspector; Allen Smith, test technician; Jon Stephenson, production test manufacturing engineer; and Riger Vazquez Jr., production test team leader.
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