LCF Handles Well During First Test Flight, Boeing Says

Adrian Schofield September 12, 2006
Boeing completed the debut flight of its Large Cargo Freighter -- a modified 747-400 -- on Saturday, launching the flight test program for this aircraft. The first LCF took off from Taiwan's international airport for a two-hour flight. Boeing test pilot Joe MacDonald said the aircraft handled so...

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