Sixth Nightmareliner prototype flew, 4 months later than announced back in June (that on top of the delays of whole programme of course - if May 2008 was due date for EIS, what was the due date for all 6 prototypes flying?). The cause of delay is unknown. The maiden flight ended with emergency landing due to leaking cooling:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... aiden.htmlEven if the prototypes can fly, the 6 prototypes have due to accumulation of changes and fixes so little in common with production frames that their tests cannot prove whether production frames can fly. Boeing needs to carry out flight test programme with two production frames, neither of which has yet flown.
The EIS due date of Genx 787 is unknown, as is launch customer (either Royal Air Maroc or Japan Airlines).
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