Here are some details about the schedule, facts and figures about the Boeing 787 program -- provided by Boeing on April 9, 2008:

Schedule Details Static Airplane to Test Rig -- End of April 2008
Airplane #3 Sections Arrive in Everett -- End of April 2008
Power On-- By the End of June
Fatigue Airplane to Test Rig -- June 2008
Airplane #4 Sections Arrive in Everett -- June 2008
Systems Hardware Airworthiness Qualifications Complete -- June 2008
Safety-of-Flight Testing Done (systems hardware and software integration) --June 2008
All First Flight Systems Hardware Received at Boeing --June 2008
First Interior Installation (Airplane #3) -- Summer 2008
First Flight-- Fourth Quarter 2008
Flight Test Program Duration -- 8 Months
First Delivery -- Third Quarter 2009
2009 Deliveries (Estimate) -- Approximately 25 Airplanes
Reaching 10-a-Month Rate -- 2012
787-9 First Delivery -- Early 2012

Systems Overview
Systems Elements -- +2,700
Systems Component Part Numbers -- +900
Total Number of Systems -- +100
Lines of Computer Coding -- 7 Million

Current Status
Condition of Assembly Improvement (Airplane #2) -- 50% Better than Airplane #1
Condition of Assembly Improvement (Airplane #3) -- 75% Better than Airplane #1
Number of Structural Tests Run -- Thousands
Structural Testing with Successful Results -- +95 Percent
Wing Ultimate Load Testing Status -- 5 of 10 Tests Complete
Structural Component Testing Status -- 85 Percent Complete
Systems Functionality Delivered-- ~95 Percent
Computer Coding Complete (written, tested, delivered)-- 98 Percent
Systems First Flight Testing Complete -- 96 Percent