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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Airbus A350F Makes Its First Flight

  Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 09/29/2026 8:30AM UTCCONFIRMEDDate 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 6 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 better30 days ago

  Airbus's^[1][3][6] own story is dated 29 September 2026: "Today the first A350F aircraft – MSN700 – took to the skies for the very first time", and the crew "flew the aircraft for 4 hours and 10 minutes". Airways reports that on "Tuesday, September 29, at exactly 10:30 am local time, the first A350F, F-WXLD, took off from Toulouse Airport (TLS) RWY 14R". The earlier "around 24 September" was a Reuters-sourced target; the end time adds the 4 h 10 min flight to the 10:30 CEST take-off.

  Airbus's first A350F, MSN700 (F-WXLD), took off from Toulouse-Blagnac at about 10:30 local time on 29 September 2026 and flew for 4 hours 10 minutes, opening a roughly 400-hour certification campaign ahead of a first delivery in the second half of 2027.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus Board Approves the A350F Freighter

  Dam, Centrum, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, 1012 NP, NetherlandsAirbus

  

  Starts 07/29/2021CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 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 better5.3 years ago

  Airbus^[1][2][3][4] H1 2021 results release, datelined "Amsterdam, 29 July 2021": "following Board approval, we are enhancing our product line with an A350 freighter derivative"; AIN, 29 July 2021: "Airbus Launches Freighter Version of the A350".

  Airbus announced with its half-year results on 29 July 2021 that its board had approved development of an A350 freighter derivative, targeting entry into service in 2025 with 20% less fuel burn than twin-engine freighters.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing 747-8 Freighter Makes Its First Flight

  Boeing Everett Assembly Plant, Airport Road, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, 98204, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 02/08/2010 8:39PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 7 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 better16.7 years ago

  Boeing's^[5] release: the airplane "took off at 12:39 p.m. local time from Paine Field in Everett and landed at Paine Field at 4:18 p.m." (Pacific time, UTC-8); AP: it came "a year later than originally planned".

  Boeing's 747-8 Freighter, the largest airplane the company had built, flew for the first time from Paine Field on 8 February 2010, a year later than planned. The 3 hour 39 minute flight began a test program of more than 1,600 flight hours.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Air France Cargo Receives the First Boeing 777 Freighter

  Boeing 40-33, Airport Road, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, 98204, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 02/19/2009CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 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 better17.7 years ago

  FlightGlobal: 'Boeing has delivered the first 777 freighter to launch customer Air France Cargo. The aircraft's delivery was marked at a ceremony on the afternoon of 19 February... although the actual contractual delivery is scheduled for today [20 Feb]'. Wikipedia^[2] gives February 19, 2009.

  Boeing delivered the first 777 Freighter to launch customer Air France Cargo at a ceremony near Paine Field on 19 February 2009, days after FAA and EASA certification.

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• Aerospace10/26/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing 777 Freighter Makes Its First Flight From Everett

  Seattle Paine Field International Airport, 9901, 24th Place West, Westmont, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, 98204, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 07/14/2008CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%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 better18.3 years ago

  Boeing's release is dated 14 July 2008 and describes the first flight that day; Wikipedia^[2] and Aviation Week's^[3] 777 history also give 14 July 2008.

  The first Boeing 777 Freighter took off from Paine Field at 10 a.m. PDT on 14 July 2008, flew for just over three and a half hours and returned to Paine Field after a data-link problem.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@EconDesk

  Boeing Launches the 747-8 With Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Orders

  Boeing Everett Assembly Plant, Airport Road, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, 98204, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 11/14/2005CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 8 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 better21.0 years ago

  Boeing^[4]: "The Boeing Company today officially launched the new Boeing 747-8 program, which includes the 747-8 Intercontinental passenger airplane and the 747-8 Freighter airplane" (release dated Nov 14, 2005).

  Boeing launched the 747-8 program on 14 November 2005, with Cargolux ordering 10 freighters and Nippon Cargo Airlines eight, orders valued at about US$5 billion at list prices. The stretched 747 would use GEnx engines and Dreamliner technology.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing Delivers the Last MD-11, to Lufthansa Cargo

  Long Beach Airport, Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, 90846, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 02/22/2001CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins77% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 77%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 better25.7 years ago

  Lufthansa Cargo, 17 Oct 2021: it operated "the last ever manufactured (former registration D-ALCN, serial number 48806, delivered 25 January 2001) and the last ever delivered (former registration D-ALCM, serial number 48805, delivered 22 February 2001) aircraft of this type."^[1]

  Lufthansa Cargo took delivery of the last MD-11 ever delivered, freighter D-ALCM (serial 48805), on 22 February 2001, after receiving the last one built, D-ALCN, on 25 January 2001.

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• Aerospace10/26/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing 747-400 Freighter Makes Its First Flight

  Seattle Paine Field International Airport, 9901, 24th Place West, Westmont, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, 98204, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 05/04/1993CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%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 better33.5 years ago

  The Widebody Aircraft^[1] Chronology lists "May 4, 1993: First flight of the Boeing 747-400F (Freighter)" and Wikipedia^[2] states "The model's first flight was on May 4, 1993"; boeing-747.com^[4] says May 1993. No source opened names the airfield.

  Boeing's all-cargo 747-400F, a short-upper-deck freighter with the -400's wing and systems, made its first flight on 4 May 1993, six months before entering service with launch customer Cargolux.

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