Dreamliner 'flies pretty dang good' in a damp and oft-delayed maiden sortie

摘要

The first flight of Boeing's 787 was marked by poor weather conditions, though the skies over Everett's Paine Field cooperated just long enough to allow the first majority-composite jetliner to take to the skies for the first time.rnDreamliner one, designated ZA001, departed Runway 34L at 10:27 on 15 December with two company-owned Lockheed T-33 chase aircraft formatting off its dramatically flexing wing tips. At the controls for the 3h 5min maiden sortie were 787 chief pilot Capt Mike Carriker and test pilot Capt Randy Neville.