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Air India wants $1B from Boeing for 787 delays

Submitted by Richard on 11 Aug 2010

India

Air India is seeking up to $1 billion from Boeing Co. for costs associated with the late-arriving 787 airplane.

The Hindustan Times reports that Air India was supposed to receive its first Everett, Wash.-built 787 in September 2008, but that it won't receive its first of the delayed new airplanes until next April. Boeing has reportedly offered Air India $145 million for the delay.

Toughest flight-tests for the Dreamliner

Submitted by Richard on 07 Aug 2010

United States

Boeing's 787's flight-test programme is nearing its most gruelling phase with a forthcoming visit to remote airfields in the south-west USA to sharpen the edges of its operating envelope.

The lead flight-test aircraft ZA001 will shortly position to Edwards AFB in California for take-off and landing validation and certification testing, which includes velocity minimum unstick trials that will see the rear fuselage deliberately scraped along the runway to establishing minimum flying speeds.

Boeing Wing Stress Test

Submitted by Richard on 29 Mar 2010

United Kingdom

Boeing has completed the ultimate load wing up-bending test on the 787 static test unit, ZY997, at its facility in Everett, Washington.

The airframer says that it applied loads to replicate 150% of the most extreme forces the airplane could experience while in service, resulting in the wings being flexed upward by approximately 25ft (7.6m) during the test. In order to achieve certification, the US FAA requires aircraft structure to withstand 150% of limit loading for 3s.

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