Boeing 787 Dreamliner ZA102 Did Not Fly Today — Paine Field Still Provides Eye Candy

By David Parker Brown, on January 17th, 2011 at 1:53 pm

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200LR (ER-ANP) at Paine Field.

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200LR (ET-ANP) at Paine Field. Click for more photos.

Ah, the life of waiting for a first flight in Seattle: cold, rain, wind, but no Boeing 787 Dreamliner. ZA102, the ninth Dreamliner, was set to take off for the first time today, but it has been pushed until at least tomorrow, Tuesday. The engines started up for a while, but then shut down and the left cowl was opened up. This didn’t mean Paine Field was short of any action this morning. There were two Boeing 777′s that took off, one Boeing 747-8 (BOE503) and a few Ryanair Boeing 737′s that did touch and goes.

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SJS

January 18, 2011 at 11:19 pm · Reply

You must have a case of SJS; Shiny Jet Syndrome, to stand in the cold, wet, and rainy WX at Paine field. Yes, you might catch pneumonia, but that sure was a Shiny Jet!

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January 19, 2011 at 8:46 am · Reply

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