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EVERETT, Wash. — Boeing Co.’s 747-8, the biggest jumbo jet it has ever built, flew for the first time Monday, joining the composite-plastic 787 Dreamliner in delayed flight-test programs the company now aims to complete by the end of the year.
The 747-8’s first takeoff came a day short of the 41st anniversary of the original 747’s maiden flight.
At 250 feet long — more than twice the length of the Wright Brothers’ first flight — the plane is about 18 feet longer than the existing 747-400 jumbo jet.
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