Dreamliner test pilots go writing in the sky

Boeing took sky-writing to new heights Friday, tracing very precisely in the sky across 10 states the company logo as well as the numerals 787.

A 787-8 Dreamliner with GE engines, painted in the colors of Air India, landed at Boeing Field at 8:45 a.m. at the end of a 19-hour endurance test flight.

Technically, it was an ETOPS (Extended Operations) flight. But that didn’t mean the pilots couldn’t have some creative fun.

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  1. b_caesar says:
    14 February 14, 2012 at 1:04 pm

    I'm seeing that line cross over 13 different states, or does barely crossing the state line not count?

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