Boeing’s 747-8 freighter completes first flight
February 8th, 2010
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EVERETT, Wash. — Boeing Co.’s giant 747-8 freighter - the biggest plane the company has ever built - successfully completed its first flight Monday, a year later than originally planned.
The huge plane took off from Everett’s Paine Field at 12:39 p.m. PST after a weather delay. It returned to Paine at 4:18 p.m.
Hundreds of employees and other airplane fans gathered to watch the plane take to the air. The flight came just one day short of the 41st anniversary of the first flight of the original 747 model.
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