From Paris to DCA, Vietnam Airlines 787 Making Headlines

Soon after performing at the Paris Air Show, Boeing’s 787-9 in Vietnam Airlines livery, showed up at Ronald Regan National Airport on Monday of this week. After creating a buzz by demonstrating flight characteristics in France the aircraft found itself at DCA on static display on the ramp in front of Signature Flight Support for a special pre-delivery ceremony between Boeing, U.S. and Vietnamese Government officials.
(Photos by Andrew Stevens)

Boeing President and CEO Ray Conner, officially turned over the aircraft, the first of 19, to Vietnamese officials including General Secretary H.E Nguyen Phu Trong on his historic first official visit to the United States. Conner said it was a natural to stage the event in Washington D.C. with the relationship between Vietnam and the United States now marking the 20th anniversary of normalized relations.

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Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.