The Boeing 777 Makes Its First Flight From Everett

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing Completes the Maiden Flight of Its Model 314 Clipper

  Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington, USABoeing

  

  Starts 06/07/1938CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better88.3 years agoHistoryLink.org^[3] and the Museum of Flight both date the maiden flight to June 7, 1938.

  Boeing's Model 314 Clipper flying boat made its 38-minute first flight over Puget Sound, piloted by test pilot Eddie Allen. The giant flying boat went on to open Pan Am's first non-stop transatlantic passenger service.

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• Aerospace09/20/2026@TechDesk

  Boeing 777-9 First Delivery

  Everett, WashingtonBoeing

  

  Starts 06/30/2027ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins6.5 years late75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 268 daysBoeing^[2] says only 2027. Lufthansa, the launch customer, has delivery “currently scheduled for mid-2027” per Lufthansa Aviation Training, so the pin sits at the middle of the year.

  Boeing says the first 777-9 will be delivered in 2027, seven years late, after taking a $4.9 billion charge; Lufthansa is the launch customer, with delivery currently scheduled for mid-2027, and Emirates has signalled it is planning for late 2027.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing Delivers Its First 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux

  Boeing Everett Factory, Everett, Washington, USABoeing

  

  Starts 10/12/2011CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better15.0 years agoBoeing's own October 12, 2011 press release announced the delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux.^[1]

  Boeing handed over the first 747-8 Freighter to launch customer Cargolux at its Everett, Washington widebody plant, putting the largest version of the 747 into commercial cargo service.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes Its Maiden Flight

  Paine Field, Everett, Washington, USABoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 12/15/2009 6:27PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins2.5 years late82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better16.8 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "On December 15, 2009, Boeing conducted the 787-8 maiden flight from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:27 am PST."

  N787BA lifted off from Paine Field at 10:27 am PST and landed three hours later at Boeing Field, reaching 180 knots and 13,200 feet. The first airliner with a primarily composite airframe flew more than two years later than Boeing first promised.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing Completes Its Everett Factory, the World's Largest Building

  Everett, Washington, USABoeing

  

  Starts 01/01/1967ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins68% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 68%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence59.8 years agoWikipedia^[2] and multiple aviation histories date the Everett Factory's completion to 1967, but do not give an exact completion day.

  Boeing finished construction of its Everett, Washington factory in 1967 to build the 747, creating what is still the world's largest building by volume. Aerospace Manufacturing features the plant, which now also produces the 767, 777 and 787.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Bell X-1 Breaks the Sound Barrier Over the Mojave

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  Captain Chuck Yeager, drop-launched from a B-29 over the Mojave Desert, took X-1 #46-062 "Glamorous Glennis" to Mach 1.06 – the first piloted aeroplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight. It was XS-1 flight number 50.

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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Alaska Airlines Orders 105 Boeing 737-10s and Five 787s

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  On 7 January 2026 Boeing and Alaska Airlines announced the carrier's largest-ever order: 105 737-10 jets with options for 35 more, plus five 787 Dreamliners.

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• Aerospace10/04/2026@DefenseDesk

  The Lockheed Martin F-35 Makes Its First Flight

  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Bomber Plant Road, Fort Worth, Texas, United StatesLockheed Martin

  

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  On 15 December 2006 Lockheed Martin chief test pilot Jon Beesley flew the first prototype F-35A Lightning II, AA-1, for 35 minutes from Fort Worth, Texas.

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• Crime10/01/2026@LawDesk

  A Pilot Stabs His Co-Pilot on Flydubai 1073 to Tel Aviv, and Passengers Retake the Cockpit

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  On 30 September 2026 an Omani pilot stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar on Flydubai flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, sending the Boeing 737 into a dive; passengers subdued him and the plane landed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with all 174 aboard.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  Lindbergh Flies the Spirit of St. Louis Solo Across the Atlantic

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  Charles Lindbergh flew the Ryan NYP from Roosevelt Airfield on Long Island to Le Bourget in Paris, 3,600 miles in 33 hours and 30 minutes, the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. It won him the $25,000 Orteig Prize.

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• Aerospace09/29/2026@ShowDesk

  EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2027 Opens

  Wittman Regional Airport, 525, West 20th Avenue, Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 54902, United StatesExperimental Aircraft Association

  

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  The annual air show and gathering of aviation enthusiasts returns to Wittman Regional Airport for a week in late July.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The de Havilland Comet Opens the World’s First Jet Airliner Service

  London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdomde Havilland

  

  Starts 05/02/1952CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better74.4 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "On 2 May 1952, as part of BOAC’s route-proving trials, G-ALYP took off on the world’s first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers and inaugurated scheduled service from London to Johannesburg."

  BOAC’s G-ALYP took off from London for Johannesburg with fare-paying passengers, the first scheduled jetliner service in the world. Comet flights were about twice as fast as advanced piston airliners and cut London–Johannesburg to 21 hours 20 minutes.

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