AIRCRAFT ALERT: Military test flight tonight from Boeing Field

(Boeing photo: KC-46A’s first flight, September 2015)

Just got the heads-up on this from King County Department of Transportation spokesperson Brent Champaco, who says you might hear/see these aircraft tonight, since Boeing Field is just east of West Seattle:

The Boeing Company is scheduled to conduct a flight test of its new KC-46 Pegasus refueling aircraft Friday night at King County International Airport/Boeing Field.

The KC-46, accompanied by a Navy F-18 jet, is scheduled to depart at 6 p.m. Both aircraft are scheduled to return at approximately 11 p.m.

This flight test is weather-dependent and is subject to change.

This is not the first such test flight – we published this alert in late 2015 about a series of flights in 2016 – but it’s the first in a while. The full alert is on the Boeing Field website.

JC April 28, 2017 (10:45 am)

Awesome! I work right across the street from Flight test at Boeing field and it’s pretty impressive to watch these take off. :-)

Maggie April 28, 2017 (12:27 pm)

Pegasus come & go from KBFI quite often, maybe once a week I see one come in from a test flight. The F18 will be most impressive!

North of Admiral April 28, 2017 (1:55 pm)

Super cool tanker built on the 767 platform.

The tanker will likely takeoff to the South.

Maggie April 28, 2017 (4:55 pm)

Spotted a pair of F18’s swooping around the Duwamish Head south towards KBFI.

Melinda April 30, 2017 (8:16 am)

Dang, we missed it. My hubby builds this airplane (he is in the 45 section). He Is the only one that knows how to put the antenna on it. He has been in the 767 line for 10 years, now building the tankers.

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