Boeing 787-8 MSN 40693

Timeline

History

Boeing 787-8, serial number 40693, line number 4, first flight 24 Feb 2010. Delivered to Boeing Company (registered 30 Jun 2009), registered N7874. Construction-number first thought to be 34638 for NW, RR engines, seen on prodline 27 May 2009 tailplane in NW colours, Dec 2009 unpainted, in hangar for wingfix, first flight in simplified white/blue prototype colours, ferried Everett to Seattle-Boeing Field International 24 Feb 2010, parked Seattle-Boeing Field International by 6 Dec 2011, engines removed and to be fitted for Varde Investment Partners LP customer, seen Aug 2012 stored no engines, first flight 17 Nov 2014 as 'eco demonstrator' (photocap) being used for flight trials of more then 25 new technologies aimed at improving environmental impact, first flight since May 2016 on 7 Dec 2016, also RR Trent 1000 improvement tests, will be donated to museum after more equipment tests, ferried Seattle-Boeing Field International to Curaçao-Hato International, Netherlands Antilles 25 Jul 2017 after storage, made 787 figure above west USA Aug 2017, testfl Seattle-Boeing Field International 27 Jan 2021, testfl BFI-PAE-BFI 26 Oct 2023, final test flight 3 Feb 2026, internal retirement ceremony with fly pasts 6 Feb 2026, withdrawn from service and ferried Seattle-Boeing Field International to Pinal Airpark, Marana 11 Feb 2026. Current status: stored.