Boeing Completes First 787 GEnx Engine Runs

May 13, 2010 — Boeing, Boeing 787, Boeing 787-8, Dreamliner

Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) on Monday (May 10) completed the first General Electric GEnx initial engine start on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. 787 customers will have a choice between the GEnx engines and the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to power their 787s.

Video of the engine run is available at www.boeing.com.

Following engine testing, ZA005, the fifth 787 to be built, will undergo a series of ground tests similar to those conducted on the first 787s to ensure that it is ready for first flight later this quarter.

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