787 Flight Test Update: Month Two

Last we left the pair of flying Dreamliners, they had accumulated just shy of 61 hours since ZA001’s first flight on December 15 and the first two aircraft had just completed initial airworthiness trials on January 15. ZA002 was parked on the Everett flight line for an aqueous wash following a FOD discovery in the fuel tank and ZA001 was beginning two weeks of planned post IAW layup work at Boeing Field. 

Through February 15, ZA001 has accumulated just shy of 98 hours of flight time on 28 total flights, while ZA002 has flown just shy of 44 hours over 16 flights.

Both have been airborne simultaneously on five separate days in the last month. Additionally, both were flying at the same time as RC501’s first flight on February 8. ZA001 and ZA002 are pushing forward with more dynamic evaluations of the aircraft and its primary flight control systems as the program moves closer to Type Inspection Authorization.

Also see – 787 Flight Test Update: Month One