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20th September 2017, 09:54 PM
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Additional photos added.
to twitter feed No name as yet ETA QF7879 touching down at Sydney on Friday October 20 at around 7am. It'll then taxi around past the Qantas lounges at T3 pull into the T3-adjacent Hangar 96 for a special (also invite-only) arrival event which will run through to mid-morning.
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#184
21st September 2017, 12:02 PM
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First Qantas 787 emerges from the paintshop
Qantas’s first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has been rolled out from the paintshop ahead of making its first flight later this week. The aircraft, which wears the airline’s new colour scheme and the registration VH-ZNA (but no sign of its Australian-inspired name), emerged from the paintshop at Boeing’s Everett facility early Wednesday morning US time. Qantas says the aircraft took four days to paint using more than 250 litres of paint. “During the next few days, further tests will be conducted on the aircraft engines, electrical systems and other components before it takes to the skies later this week for Boeing flight certifications,” Qantas said on Thursday morning. “Qantas pilots will get the opportunity to fly the aircraft on subsequent flights as part of the final acceptance next month.” VH-ZNA is due to arrive in Sydney at the end of its delivery flight on Friday October 20. The aircraft, the first of eight on firm order, will first enter service on the Qantas domestic network while the airline gains experience operating the aircraft before it used on Melbourne-Los Angeles flights in December. Nonstop Perth-London flights begin next March. http://australianaviation.com.au/201...the-paintshop/
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#185
23rd September 2017, 12:37 PM
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What time is the first test flight?
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#186
26th September 2017, 10:13 PM
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First Flight due on 26 September, USA time.
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#187
27th September 2017, 03:41 PM
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now changed to 27 September
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28th September 2017, 08:03 PM
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Does anyone know if the first flight will be live-streamed. I suspect it's only hours away.
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#189
28th September 2017, 10:07 PM
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Now changed to 28 September USA time
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#190
29th September 2017, 07:40 AM
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First Flight 2hr3min done. Does not show on Flight Aware yet as ZNA. KPAE-KMWH-KPAE. Look at BOE269
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