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Third B-747/8F airplane joins flight test
Rome, Italy - The first Freighter delivery is planned for the fourth quarter of this year
The third Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 521, successfully completed its first flight yesterday. It is the final test airplane scheduled to participate in the flight-test program for the 747-8 Freighter. Piloted by Captains Paul Stemer and Keith Otsuka, with Ralph Chaffin serving as systems operator, RC 521 took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., completed a two-and-a-half-hour flight and landed...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency