This is a live shot (well about 5min old) of flight aware catching a Boeing 787 Dreamliner taking an interesting route east across the US. It might look a bit like a “787″ and the future path is showing that it might be in the process of making a “-8.”

I gave a quick call to Boeing and they aren’t will to say what is going on (yet), but I expect more details to be released once the plane lands back at 7am at KBFI (where it took off). Until then, you can spend the next 12 hours watching this Dreamliner make an epic flight.

Last August, Boeing did something similar with the 747-8, making a “747″ flight plan over the US during the 747-8F’s final test flight.

Working on more info and will update…

UPDATE 7:45PM

Wow, I didn’t zoom out enough (thanks Pat) … The flight path shows not only are they making a “787-8″ but also the entire Boeing logo. You might be an AvGeek if watching this live gives you goose bumps! This is truly a work of art.

UPDATE 7:55PM

Uh oh… the flight status is not showing the full Boeing logo anymore and now the aircraft is heading back to KBFI, with a return time of 10:51PM PST.

UPDATE 8:05PM

Flight Aware is not known to be the most accurate and now the landing time is showing at 8:34pm. My guess is the 787 is continuing on with its full logo.

UPDATE 8:20PM

Looks like the plane is making a nice arch up to the northeast and a sharp turn to the southeast, meaning it is still on track to make the full logo. According to Jon Ostrower, this is aircraft is ZA236 (which is set to be delivered to Air India) and is working the final flying certification flights for the GEnx-1B engines.

UPDATE 8:55PM

Yea, I am going with Flight Aware doesn’t know what is going on. Looks like the aircraft is on target to making the origional design and I am not quite sure what this one is supposed to be.

UPDATE 2/10 7:15AM

As most of the US slept last night, the Boeing 787 kept on its mission to mark the sky with a full Boeing logo. As of now, the Dreamliner is still in the air and is scheduled to land at Paine Field at about 8:30am. The aircraft is taking the same journey west as it did east, back tracking over the original “787.”