747-8F take air for the first time

747-8F take air for the first time

On Monday, Boeing's 747-8 Freighter took to the air for its first flight from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., joining the 787 Dreamliner in a test flight regimen. The 747-8F is the cargo version of the passenger plane that will take Boeing's flagship jumbo jet into the 21st century.

February 8, 2010 2:33 PM PST

Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET

| Caption by: Daniel Terdiman

 

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