Boeing has completed the ultimate load wing-bend test on the 787 static test airframe (ZY997) at its plant in Everett, Washington. The airframer says that it applied loads to replicate 150% of the ...

Boeing completed the ultimate-load wing up-bending test on the 787 static test aircraft over the weekend. "During the testing, loads were applied to the airframe to replicate 150% of the most extreme ...

Boeing has announced the 787 aircraft’s composite fuselage barrel completed ultimate load testing, a key milestone on the path toward first flight. The Chicago-based airframer’s engineers are now ...

Boeing said yesterday that all test requirements were "successfully met" during the 787's ultimate load wing and fuselage bending test. The manufacturer said the finding comes following "a thorough ...