Boeing 787 Dreamliner on track for delivery
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20097881-76/boeing-787-dreamliner-on-track-for-delivery/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=image"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/08/26/Boeing_787_Dreamliner_takeoff_540x295.JPG" alt="" /></a></div><p> <p class="image-caption">The 787 Dreamliner makes its first flight, from Payne Field in Everett, Wash., on December 15, 2009. </p> <span class="image-credit">(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET)</span> </p> <p>And all the engineers breathed out. </p><p> The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration <a href="http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1884" >last week</a> gave Boeing certification for its 787 Dreamliner, saying that the company's years-in-the-making aircraft is finally safe for passengers. The announcement came after the aircraft <a title="Boeing completes flight certification testing for 787 -- Wednesday, Aug 17, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20093831-76/boeing-completes-flight-certification-testing-for-787/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed">completed its final flight tests</a> on August 17.</p><p> The green-lighting will allow Boeing to make its first delivery to Japan's All Nippon Airways on September 28, at Tokyo's Haneda airport. </p><p> The Dreamliner is in many ways the aircraft on which the aerospace giant has staked its future. Constructed <a href="http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/business-brains/what-are-you-made-of-composites-central-to-fuel-reduction/17050" >with composite materials</a>, the 787 is supposed to be more fuel efficient and comfortable than any comparable aircraft in history--and there aren't too many that can compare to this wide-body aircraft. </p><p> But the future has been elusive. The aircraft was unveiled way back in 2007 and since then has b... <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20097881-76/boeing-787-dreamliner-on-track-for-delivery/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/hw5R6chZDBc" height="1" width="1"/> [More]