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As a prelude to this past Sunday’s rollout of the new 787, Boeing gathered together one each of its 7xx series aircraft and paraded them in a takeoff from Paine Field in Everett to a landing at Boeing Field in Seattle. The family reunion took place on Saturday evening with the first of the eight planes, a 707, landing at 7:07pm. (In case you didn’t notice, the 787 was rolled out on 7/8/07). The planes came from various airlines and a few other sources. The 707 is owned by a refueling company and the 727 by FedEx. The 747 is a testbed for Rolls-Royce. One of its original engines was replaced with a larger model that is being certified for use on the 787. Here’s an airliners.net shot of the line-up (you can see that huge engine on the 747).

Written by ltao

July 9th, 2007 at 3:32 am

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