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Friday, 22 May 2009 02:37
EVERETT, Wash. (PRNewswire-FirstCall): Boeing (NYSE: BA) continued to make steady progress toward the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner, completing the first engine runs on the all-new airplane. The occasion marks the first all-electric start of a commercial jetliner engine on a commercial jetliner; the engines had been started electronically in test facilities earlier.