RC503, which will serve as the fourth 747-8F flight test aircraft emerged from the Everett Paint Hangar yesterday evening wearing Cargolux’s new livery. On Friday, Boeing’s Twitter feed posted a teaser tweet of RC503 on its way into the paint hangar causing an immediate Pavlovian response from the world of aviation geekery, Population: Us. First flight for RC503 is expected at the end of June, followed by commencement of flight test operations in late July.
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