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See:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... -down.html

What was the original maiden flight due date?

Can't find the date for you i'll see if we still have one of the Boeing books with the old date in it.

See:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... -down.html

What was the original maiden flight due date?

Never really noticed - most of the publicity has been over the eventual first flight of the 787!

"It became clear that late maturity of engineering designs has caused greater than expected re-work and disruption in manufacturing"

Yes, the weather was so bad this year that maturity of engineering designs was experienced by most companies. Possibly a late frost earlier in the year......................Or more BS jargon that is used to cover design cock-ups that required redesigning

Matt

Second airline bought Boeing 747-800:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... spell.html
Note:

So far, nobody has bought 747-800 instead of A380. Both the 747-800 customers bought A380 too, KE this year.

Boeing has now sold more VLAs than Airbus this year - Airbus a total of four (2 to Korean, 2 to Outre Mer 380), Boeing five all to KE.

That is a big lead. Seriously though, congrats to Boeing for actually selling their product.

Delivered!

A private jet at that:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... 8i-368908/

The emir of Qatar is suspected as the lucky owner of the first 747 since 2005.