Boeing's Dreamliner Takes Off Next Week

Boeing's Dreamliner will make its maiden flight next week after two years of delays. The high-tech aircraft could be airborne on a test flight of about five hours Tuesday if Seattle's weather permits, reports the Post-Intelligencer. Boeing has much staked on the plane, made of 50% composite material. It's locked in a fierce fight with Airbus to deliver the fuel-saving jet of the future, notes the Wall Street Journal. It has nearly 900 planes on order but can't deliver any until the model passes muster with the FAA. (More Boeing 787 Dreamliner stories.)