BCC's Scott Scherer (l.) and Tim Myers

Boeing received certification for the all-new 787 Dreamliner from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) during a ceremony August 26 at the company's Everett, Wash., facility. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt (right) presented Capt. Mike Carriker, 787 chief pilot (center), and Mike Sinnett, 787 vice president and chief project engineer, with the U.S. Type Certificate. Both Carriker and Sinnett have worked on the program since its inception. EASA's executive director, Patrick Goudou, presented the airplane's European Type Certificate. "Certification is a milestone that validates what we have promised the world since we started talking about this airplane," said Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Jim Albaugh. "This airplane embodies the hopes and dreams of everyone fortunate enough to work on it. Their dreams are now coming true." Boeing will deliver the first 787 to launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) on September 26 at its Everett, Wash. factory. It will fly from there September 27 to Tokyo. ANA is scheduled to begin regular passenger service November 1 from the city's Haneda Airport to the cities of Okayama and Hiroshima.