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"CNN's Andrew Stevens
joins the debut flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner
airplane from Tokyo to Hong Kong."
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The Boeing 787 made its
inaugural commercial flight Wednesday. The All Nippon
Airways flight took off from Tokyo's Narita airport,
landing in Hong Kong.
(Oct. 26)
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First Dreamliner
passengers sing new jet's praises
By Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY
"The windows," said
Flight 7871 passenger Stephanie Wood of Davie, Fla.,
when asked about her favorite feature on the 787. "You
really notice it and it makes the plane feel so bright
and like you're not shut in," added Wood, who also
joined the flight via the charity auction after she and
her husband, Dean, successfully bid on a pair of
business-class tickets. The couple would not divulge the
price they paid.
Boeing's Dreamliner completes first commercial flight
Dean and Stephanie Wood also auction winners said
they were onboard to “be a part of it.” Wood owns an
aviation spare parts company in Florida and has been
committed since their trip aboard the inaugural A380
flight, “to find a way to be on the Dreamliner’s first
flight.”
'Game-changing' 787
touches down as it aims to revolutionise the future of
air travel
'It's silly, but it's a little piece of history. New
cars come out all the time but how often do new planes
come out?' said Stephanie Wood, who bought two
business-class seats in a charity auction.
Dreamliner flies
into history
by: Leo Lewis : The Times
Other passengers included a couple from Florida,
Dean and Stephanie Wood, who are both heavily involved
in the aviation industry and had paid an undisclosed
amount for two business-class seats at a charity
auction. "The best thing about the plane is the lighting
system, and the way it changes the colouring of the
ceiling to match the sky," Ms Wood said. "I spend my
life in planes and, believe me, this is what people will
notice."
Boeing's 787 Makes
Its Inaugural Flight
October 26, 2011
then there was a couple, the Woods’ that bought a
pair of seats. And they just said they love to fly. They
think this plane is great and they want to be part of
history.
NORRIS: Were they satisfied?
MAYEROWITZ: I think so. What I found really funny was
they paid all this money for this business-class seat
and they were back in coach with everybody else. They
wanted to party. They wanted to talk to people. They
wanted to experience the plane.
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