"This a great day for the 747-8 team and for all of
Boeing. What an honor it is to see such a beautiful airplane
fly... I want to thank everybody who had a hand in designing,
building and preparing this airplane for flight – our
engineers, our manufacturing employees, our colleagues in Boeing
Fabrication, our colleagues in Boeing Test & Evaluation, our
external suppliers – for all their hard work."
Source: Elizabeth Lund, vice president and
general manager of the 747-8 program, following the successful
first test flight of the streched Boeing.