Boeing is approaching one of the riskiest early stages of the 787 flight-test program that, so far, is either meeting or exceeding expectations-including earlier-than-ever autoland tests, the company says.rn"If you go look back at the history of flight testing, people have found things in a lot of different areas, and flutter is one that really stands out on any program," says Scott Fancher, 787 vice president and general manager. "So we will be doing flutter testing here over the next six weeks-and once we get past flutter testing, it is a risk-inflection point."
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