EVERETT, Wash. – The second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, RC021, successfully made its first flight today. The airplane completes the two-airplane test fleet for the 747-8 Intercontinental. EVERETT, ...

Only a year ago, on 29 February 2008, General Electric successfully ran the first engine to test that launched the certification phase of the GEnx-2B programme. The original goal was to complete ...

The second Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Freighter, RC521, landed in Palmdale, Caliornia today, marking the beginning of a planned transition of 747-8 Freighter testing to Southern California. The more than ...

Boeing says it remains on track for first flight of its 747-8 Freighter "early in 2010" as it outlines it plans for the flight-test programme to bring the new jumbo to market by the fourth quarter of ...

The third Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 521, successfully completed its first flight today. It is the final test airplane scheduled to participate in the flight-test program for the 747-8 Freighter ...

Test crews spent 17 hours criss-crossing the U.S. on Boeing’s 747-8 Freighter. The longest flight, the last hurdle in the certification process for the required number of test hours, ended in Everett.

A former Qatari VIP Boeing 747-8i has begun U.S. Air Force test flights to serve as a temporary Air Force One until delayed VC-25B replacements arrive in 2028. The aircraft, dubbed the VC-25B Bridge ...

Boeing painted the numbers "7-4-7" in the skies from Minnesota to California on the final test flight for its new jumbo jet. A map on the flight-tracking service FlightAware shows that the plane left ...

The U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Survivable Airborne Operations Center, a converted Boeing 747-8, is progressing through extensive flight and ground testing to replace the aging E-4B fleet.