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Originally published Monday, December 21, 2009 at 6:34 PM

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Second Boeing 787 to fly on Tuesday

Boeing says its second 787 will take to the skies on Tuesday.

The Associated Press

EVERETT, Wash. —

Boeing says its second 787 will take to the skies on Tuesday.

The company has scheduled a test flight for its second 787 jet for 8:45 a.m. Tuesday morning. The plane will take off from Paine Field as long as flight conditions cooperate.

The first 787 test flight was last Tuesday as about 25,000 people turned out to see the widebody jet takeoff. It's the first commercial airplane made mostly of lightweight composite materials

The 787 program has been plagued by ill-fitting parts and other problems. The first flight was supposed to be in 2007, but Boeing has been forced to push that back five times.

Boeing has orders for 840 of the jets, plans to make the first delivery to Japan's All Nippon Airways late next year.

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