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A chase plane flies beside a Boeing Co. 787 airplane as the 787 takes off on its first flight this morning at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville lifted off in the big blue and white jet at about 10 a.m. PST from Everett’s Paine Field on a four-hour flight over Washington state, beginning the extensive flight test program needed to obtain the plane’s Federal Aviation Administration certification. Seattle Times story here. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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LarrySpencer on December 15 at 12:56 p.m.
According to the story up there Risch pointed out that
“expansion of services for low-income and disabled citizens will mean tax increases in Idaho because the state pays about 30 percent of Medicaid costs, with the federal government covering the balance.”
Good thing our state is so flush with the extra cash to pay for that increase!
hhuseland on December 15 at 6:09 p.m.
Boeing’s 787 maiden 1st flight went well. they cut the flight short, to three hours due to cloudy weather. They were restricted to Visual flight rules (VFR) for the test. all went well and the flight test crew is anxious to jump back in and do’er again. They left Paine Field in Everett where the aircraft was built and landed at Seattle Boeing field where flight testing is done.
spokelooneh on December 15 at 10:39 p.m.
Hmmmm, wouldn’t say the aircraft was “built” in Everett. Assembled, yes, but most of the parts were manufactured elsewhere, including overseas, shipped to Everett and assembled.