04.08.2011 08:35 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Visualized: Boeing 747-8 makes its longest flight to date, writes name in the sky

It's always fun to write your name on things -- chalkboards, diplomas, speeding tickets, yellow snow you know, the usual. The folks at Boeing couldn't agree more, which is why they tasked 747-8 pilots with writing the jet's name in the sky on a flight test across the US. What could be called the "747-8 wuz here" mission is designed to test the outer limits of the jumbo jet in a max endurance operations test. Taking off yesterday morning from Seattle's Paine Field, the jet flew across 18 states in a 747 pattern until it landed on the west coast a l

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