[banjiewen]

Huh. I'm on my phone, so I can't view the site, but I saw a 787 go over my head at about 7:30 this morning as I left home in west Seattle, which is just northwest of Boeing field.

Strange that they're saying it's 10am. Then again, maybe I was mistaken. But full-size jets that look just like 787s don't land at boeing field every day.

[jonah]

Quite possible it was - makes sense to me that they'd make private test flights before the first public one. Good to reduce the chance of any serious issues getting widespread publicity.

[notauser]

I believe they flew the A380 a few times before the big day.

Watching them throw it around a bit at the Paris air show was interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH6tO1qZez8#t=1m06s

[borism]

first flight is huge event for every airliner, media and spotters were camping out next to Paine Field days before it. I'm pretty sure it would have been spotted if it was flying before it was supposed to ;)

sorry to disappoint, but 787 first flight started today at 10:27AM PST http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE1