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Boeing flies third B-787/9 Dreamliner airplane

Washington, Usa - The industry will use this aircraft (ZB021) to test engine performance

Boeing flew the third B-787/9 Dreamliner last Tuesday, the first to be powered by General Electric GEnx engines. The third of three B-787/9s dedicated to the test effort, ZB021 joined the fleet some two months from the inaugural flight of the first B-787/9. ZB021 took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., at 12:15 pm local time and landed 2 hours and 44 minutes later at Seattle's Boeing Field....

fra/pec - 1156660
Rome, Italy, 11/21/2013 18:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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