First flight pushed 747-8I harder and higher than planned

By 2011-03-25T11:20:00

Boeing's test pilots were able to push its 747-8 Intercontinental harder and higher than originally planned on its 20 March first flight thanks to more than 2,000h of test flights already logged on its freighter variant since February 2010.

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