Boeing 787 delayed again?

[marmar]

July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. said the initial delivery of the 787 Dreamliner, now more than two years behind schedule, may be pushed back until the first weeks of 2011 instead of later this year as flight-test delays accumulate.

Boeing is still working “with laser focus” to get the twin-engine jet to the first customer, Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co., by the end of 2010, Scott Fancher, the 787 program chief, said today on a conference call with reporters.

“We’re seeing enough pressure that we just want to communicate a cautionary note,” Fancher said.

The Dreamliner’s entry into service has been postponed five times since October 2007 amid Chicago-based Boeing’s struggles with new materials, parts shortages, redesign work and a new manufacturing process that relies more on suppliers. The plane is the first airliner built mostly of composite plastics.

All Nippon said last month it expected to receive its first 787 in November. Kaz Watanabe, a spokesman in Los Angeles for the Tokyo-based carrier, said he wasn’t aware of the delay and couldn’t comment. ...........(more)

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[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. And people want to give these clowns the tanker contract...

when not only can they not deliver the 787, they can't deliver EIGHT serviceable 767 Tankers to the Japanese and Italians in a decade!

But for people around here that is no reason not to give Boeing a no-bid contract Halliburton style.