The oldest and newest Boeings

That's Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner flying next to a restored Boeing 40, the oldest airworthy Boeing in existence:

1928 Boeing 40C 5339 Serial number 1043 is the oldest flying Boeing aircraft of any kind and considered the first successful airliner in the US. 5339 was delivered to Pacific Air Transport a division of Boeing Lines to fly CAM 8 in July of 1928. The airplane crashed Oct 2 1928 in southern Oregon when Northbound from Medford to Portland. The airplane was recovered in the 1990's by the Oregon Aviation Historical Society and purchased by Addison Pemberton in 2000. The aircraft was restored over an eight year period and first flown after restoration Feb 2008.

Photographed May 8 2010 west of Mt. Rainer. Kudos to the Boeing Marketing team - this seems to be precisely the sort of thing their customers will appreciate. And some of the rest of us, too. Click through, as there are a lot more pictures.

Via Luca in email.

UPDATE 12 May 2010 21:09: It looks like the page I kinked to is down, although there's a note there that it will be back up in a couple days.