ANA flies the Dreamliner

ALL NIPPON AIRLINES, lead customer for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has taken a major step forward with its planned introduction of the aircraft in service “sometime in the fourth quarter 2010”.  For the first time a Japanese crew has been in command of a 787, which made its maiden lift off last December.  Flying the aircraft were ANA pilots Capt Masayuki Ishii, Director of 787 Pre-operations Planning, and Capt Masami Tsukamoto, Manager of 787 Pre-operations.  Also on board were Capt Mike Carriker, Boeing 787 Chief Test Pilot, Capt Christine Walsh and Scott Fancher, Vice President and General Manager of the 787 Programme, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.  Both the pilots are 777 rated.  Once the programme is under way conversion training for line crew is expected to take as few as five days. www.boeing.com/commercial

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