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  • Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Completes First Flight

    09/09/2006 12:54:57 PM PDT · by COEXERJ145 · 66 replies · 2,227+ views
    The Boeing Company ^ | Sept. 9, 2006 | The Boeing Company
    TAIPEI, Sept. 09, 2006 -- The Boeing [NYSE: BA] 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter took to the skies for the first time at 10:38 a.m. (UTC/GMT +8 hours) today, initiating the flight test program that will culminate in U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification. The two-hour, four-minute flight was the first of 250 expected flight test hours for the unique freighter, a specially modified 747-400 that will transport major composite structures of the all-new 787 Dreamliner. The enormous jet -- with its enlarged upper fuselage that can accommodate three times the cargo by volume of a standard 747-400 freighter -- gracefully...