"There is plenty of work to be done between now and
first flight, but with every step forward we grow more and more
confident."
Source: Pat Shanahan, vice president and
general manager of the 787 program, following Boeing's
completion of the 'Power On' sequence for the first 787
Dreamliner, marking the completion of the next major milestone on
the path to first flight later this year.'Power On' is a complex
series of tasks and tests that bring electrical power onto the
airplane and begin to exercise the use of the electrical systems.
The 787 is a more-electric airplane with the pneumatic, or bleed
air, system being totally replaced by electronics.