East Perimeter Road, Renton, King County, Washington, 98057, United States
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
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Boeing: 'At 10:08 a.m. PDT, the airplane ... took off from Renton Municipal Airport at Renton, Wash.' (10:08 PDT = 17:08 UTC); the 1999 certification release repeats 'Flight testing began Aug. 2, 1998'.[1]The stretched Boeing 757-300 took off from Renton at 10:08 a.m. PDT on 2 August 1998 and flew for 2 hours 25 minutes, with the flight webcast live. Launch customer Condor had ordered 12 in September 1996.
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