Rolls Royce started assembling the first Trent 1000 turbofan, devoted to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner medium-long airliner. The ground test bench will be deployed in February 2006, whereas the test flight on board a 747 Jumbo will happen the following year. It seems that time scheduled for its development was fully honoured, with some results which appear very positive and in a certain way even better...