TallDutch
2009-05-15, 01:31 PM
Boeing's first 787 Dreamliner is closing on another major milestone on the road to its maiden flight, with the first start of its twin Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines mounted under the wings of ZA001.
The aircraft will remain at Fuel Dock F-3 for the next several days undergoing final fuel checks, which concludes with a final drainage of the system. Before being moved to the flight line, ZA001 will then receive a flight fuel load, an amount that enables engine and APU tests to be run for a prolonged period of time.
More info can be found here:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fligh ... ---12.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2009/05/the-road-to-787-first-flight---12.html)
The aircraft will remain at Fuel Dock F-3 for the next several days undergoing final fuel checks, which concludes with a final drainage of the system. Before being moved to the flight line, ZA001 will then receive a flight fuel load, an amount that enables engine and APU tests to be run for a prolonged period of time.
More info can be found here:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fligh ... ---12.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2009/05/the-road-to-787-first-flight---12.html)