Boeing P-8 completes first flight

[SquAdmin]

Found this via Alert5.com:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fligh ... s-fir.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Somehow I like that chase plane much more than the boring 737

[cHabu]

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From the Boeing press release:

SEATTLE, April 27, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T-1 successfully completed its first flight April 25,
taking off from Renton Field at 10:43 a.m. and touching down at Boeing Field in Seattle at 2:14 p.m.
The P-8A performed a series of flight checks, reached a maximum altitude of 25,000 feet, and landed after three hours, 31 minutes in the air.



See: http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/200 ... 6a_nr.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bye, Chris.