Boeing's 787 Dreamliner delayed again

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On July 8, 2007, Boeing officially unveiled its 787 Dreamliner, an
event that was largely symbolic, since the date corresponded to the
plane's name: 7-8-7. But on Thursday, Boeing said that the plane won't
make its first flight until at least the second quarter of 2009.
(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News)

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, but on Thursday Boeing
announced revised first flight and first delivery dates for its long-
awaited and much-anticipated, but also troubled 787 Dreamliner.

The aviation giant said it now expects the first 787 flight during the
second quarter of 2009, and the delivery of the first Dreamliner in
the first quarter of 2010.

Prior to Thursday's announcement, Boeing had said the first flight
would be in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first delivery in the
third quarter of 2009. But even those dates differed from what Boeing
had predicted on July 8, 2007 (07/08/07) when it suggested at the roll-
out event for the 787 that the first flight would be in August or
September of 2007 and the first commercial passengers in May of 2008.

In its announcement, Boeing pinned the blame for the latest 787 delays
on a machinists strike that shut the program down from early September
to November of this year.

Now, the company says it is trying to figure out how the latest delays
will affect its delivery plan, and what the financial impact will be.

But one thing is clear: Boeing needs to get the 787 program on its
feet and up in the air, to mix metaphors. Yet, while the program has
had its share of delays, there was recently a sign that at the very
least, it is a fundamentally sound project: an intended-to-be-secret
dossier recently put together by Boeing's archrival Airbus about the
787 Dreamliner seemed to indicate that the program was solid.

"(T)ake a look at the document," wrote aviation blogger Jon Ostrower
on Flightblogger. Nowhere does it say that the program isn't going to
work or that the plane isn't going to fly. At the end of the day, the
report is a vindication of the program."

Now, Boeing just needs to follow through on that promise. The world is
watching.

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10...ml?tag=nl.e703

On July 8, 2007, Boeing officially unveiled its 787 Dreamliner, an
event that was largely symbolic, since the date corresponded to the
plane's name: 7-8-7. But on Thursday, Boeing said that the plane won't
make its first flight until at least the second quarter of 2009.
(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News)

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, but on Thursday Boeing
announced revised first flight and first delivery dates for its long-
awaited and much-anticipated, but also troubled 787 Dreamliner.

The aviation giant said it now expects the first 787 flight during the
second quarter of 2009, and the delivery of the first Dreamliner in
the first quarter of 2010.

Prior to Thursday's announcement, Boeing had said the first flight
would be in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first delivery in the
third quarter of 2009. But even those dates differed from what Boeing
had predicted on July 8, 2007 (07/08/07) when it suggested at the roll-
out event for the 787 that the first flight would be in August or
September of 2007 and the first commercial passengers in May of 2008.

In its announcement, Boeing pinned the blame for the latest 787 delays
on a machinists strike that shut the program down from early September
to November of this year.

Now, the company says it is trying to figure out how the latest delays
will affect its delivery plan, and what the financial impact will be.

But one thing is clear: Boeing needs to get the 787 program on its
feet and up in the air, to mix metaphors. Yet, while the program has
had its share of delays, there was recently a sign that at the very
least, it is a fundamentally sound project: an intended-to-be-secret
dossier recently put together by Boeing's archrival Airbus about the
787 Dreamliner seemed to indicate that the program was solid.

"(T)ake a look at the document," wrote aviation blogger Jon Ostrower
on Flightblogger. Nowhere does it say that the program isn't going to
work or that the plane isn't going to fly. At the end of the day, the
report is a vindication of the program."

Now, Boeing just needs to follow through on that promise. The world is
watching.