The first Boeing 747-8 Freighetr for British Airways World Cargo was captured doing taxi tests, by Matt Cawby. The aircraft reg is G-GSSD. Also can be seen are some pics of the aircraft on his blog.
It is a classic case of the cat jumping out of the bag, or it is a teaser like they did for the Qatar Airways 787 order. Whatever it is, Boeing’s own newairplane.com website has now confirmed what was a strong rumor during this year’s Asian Aerospace expo –...
Boeing and Air China today announced at the Asian Aerospace Expo that the carrier has signed an agreement for purchase of five Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft. “Air China has been operating 747s since the 1980s,” said He Li, vice president of Air China. “The new, high...
Production list for Boeing 747-8 ( freighter and passenger ) aircraft models L/N 1420 – 747-8R7F, RC501, serial number 35808, F/F Feb-08-2010, test aircraft #1, light Boeing livery, test reg. N747EX, Cargolux reg. LX-VCA, based at KSBD. Named J.W, after Jack Waddell – the first Boeing 747 Chief Pilot....
Boeing’s fifth 747-8 flight test aircraft took to the skies on 3rd February. The aircraft RC523 N6009F ( LN1431 747-8KZF) is due for Nippon Cargo Airlines. Awesome photos thanks to moonm
The world’s first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental ( commonly known as 747-8i ) will officially roll-out on 13th February at the Boeing premises. Boeing will live webcast the program via its NewAirplane.com website from 1900 GMT 13 FEB onwards( link here) . The passenger version of the 747-8′s launch customer...
Here are some more photos of the latest Queen of the Skies leaving the hangar. 747-8 looks as gorgeous as any 747 model is. This “light” livery will save both time and expense to Boeing and will remain so until the end of the flight-test program. The following photos...
Boeing’s first 747-8 Freighter left paint hangar last night in a special “light” livery. The aircraft features a “8″ in the tail, as spotted in a promotional poster by our friend FlightBlogger .
Boeing today announced that it expects a pre-tax charge against third-quarter results, of approximately $1 billion due to difficulties it is facing with the 747-8 program. With this they also announced that the 747-8 Freighter’s first flight will slip into early 2010 and Entry Into Service will slip into...
