ON December 15, 2009 the Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its maiden flight from Boeing Paine Field in Everett, Washington and after 3 hours 6 minutes landed at Boeing Field Seattle. Capt. Mike Carriker 787 Chief Pilot and Capt. Randy Neville Engineering Test Pilot, tested some of the aircraft's systems and structures, as on-board equipment recorded and transmitted real-time data to a flight-test team at Boeing Field. The aircraft's maiden flight was originally planned for September 2007. The aircraft was originally scheduled to enter service in May 2008, but production had been delayed multiple times, and in August 2009, the scheduled service entry date was pushed back to the fourth quarter of 2010 with first deliveries to All Nippon Airways.
