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Boeing Completes First Round of In-Flight Battery Tests on 787
Boeing 787 ZA005 takes off from Seattle's Boeing Field on February 11. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing 787 ZA005 takes off from Seattle's Boeing Field on February 11. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing 787 prototype ZA005 on Monday took to the air for the second time since the FAA cleared the company to fly the airplane on test missions over unpopulated areas. During the one-hour, 29-minute flight, test pilots Mike Bryan and Randy Neville along with a crew of 11 completed the first round of battery monitoring tests, during which they used special equipment to observe and record detailed performance data under normal flight conditions.