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The Dreamliner has landed safely and successfully at Boeing field.  The plane is currently parked and going under a visual inspection for any damage that has occurred during the three hour flight.  After it is complete, a post flight press conference will happen here (click on "webcast" above the center square).

The 787 will be replacing the 767 line and has a whole host of new passenger focused features such as:

-a taller fuselage with less curvature along the wall for the window seat passengers.

-larger windows for better viewing without having to stoop or crane one's neck.

-more air cleaning equipment for better indoor air quality.

Although a couple of years behind schedule, the first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is officially underway.  Just after 10 AM Pacific time, the new plane took off from Paine airfield in Everett, Washington for its maiden 5.5 hour voyage from Everett, south and east to Moses Lake and other parts of Eastern Washington and then back to South Seattle where it will land at Boeing field.

The webcast is currently stopped, but should start again around 2:20 or 2:40 PM Pacific time to record the landing.

Yesterday, I had the privilege of going to the press release and test drive event for the Nissan LEAF, their all electric vehicle which will be commercially available in 2010.  Seattle is one of just a handful of markets where Nissan will be introducing this vehicle before their plant in Tennessee *(I believe)* start mass producing them for the entire country.

To go along with the introduction of this family sedan EV are the nearly 1,000 charging stations provided by etec around the city to make sure that you are never too far away from some extra juice.  There are three tiers of charging, the first is your regular 110 volt supply (charging it