Boeing 747-8 Freighter saved the longest for last - certification testing complete

After a 17-hour flight, RC523, the 5th 747-8 Freighter test airplane, arrived in Everett, Wash. The longest flight in the certification campaign was also its last as the marathon flight pushed the program over the required number of test hours.

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[ALFREDO DURAND]

I guess you 2 ' re of the AEROSPATIALE GANG HA , HA, HA ITS JUST A JOKE

[sharigan1988]

beatiful aircraft and crazy test :D

[ForeverFlame88]

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[Eisa Alsuwaidi]

whats the ramp weight for this beast ?

[M1LS572]

That's another test.

[edocronian]

"to make sure water doesn't get into the engines"?

Hell no.

Thats to test braking/landing on a wet runway, see if water collects in the gear bay.

Engines would be rated to ingest FAR more water than a wet runway would offer.

See post-landing details of the Qantas 32 engine shutdown problems for an extreme example.

I suspect a slack copy here. poor show.

[Neutrinoghost]

"They set the freighter head on into fierce cross winds"? That doesn't make sense.

[sergio matos]

goeing ## 1 for ever

[littlewoody27]

They also have a pretty good idea of what the maximum loads and strains are. When testing they simply go really close to those maximums.

[JerryLaw]

after all it been well though out by the company cause they dont want anything bad happen to their new aircraft.