Bakside:
P42105
Photo by The Boeing Company
Bildetekst:
FAA tests of 737 begin.
Dean Melton, Federal Aviation Administration test pilot, left, and Brien Wygle, Boeing assistant dir ...
Bakside:
P42105
Photo by The Boeing Company
Bildetekst:
FAA tests of 737 begin.
Dean Melton, Federal Aviation Administration test pilot, left, and Brien Wygle, Boeing assistant director of flight operations, discuss final details prior to the first formal FAA test flight of the new Boeing 737 twinjet from Boeing Field, Seattle, last week. FAA testing, which will involve six FAA test engineers, will lead to certification of the jetliner for scheduled airline service later this year. Six Boeing 737s already had logged more than 660 hours of developmental flight testing in preparation for the FAA tests. The test fleet has completed more than 520 flights. FAA tests will encompass all areass of ground and flight operations of the new twinjet. Two 737s will be flown to Edwards Air Force Base, California, for about one month of performance test work. The other four 737s will donduct their test flights from Boeing Field and Moses Lake, Washington. --Boeing Photo
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