Boeing confirms B787 end-2009 test flight target

Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO, Jim Albaugh, reaffirmed Boeing's end of 2009 target for the maiden test flight for the B787.

Boeing: "We are going to fly this plane when it is ready and safe and when we know it will be a successful flight. Right now based on everything we know it should fly this year," Boeing Commercial Airplanes, CEO. Source: Reuters, 16-Nov-2009.