The Boeing 787-10 completed its first test flight today. The aircraft took off from Boeing’s factory in North Charleston, South Carolina. It was the first Boeing test flight aircraft to travel outside the Seattle area. The 787-10 is expected to be delivered to Singapore Airlines by 2018 after more testing is completed.
I think it’s only for testing reasons. I meant Airbus also did not retract the gears when they had the first FF of A350-900. It looked prettier than without gears imho.
Hmm 😒, No it’s really Boeing don’t joke with flight test, because that flight test show the customer that they plan it’s almost done ✅ , customer satisfaction depends.