First Flight Boeing 777x

Posted By admin On 10/04/22

It's the anniversary of the the new Boeing 777X making its first flight. On Monday 25th January 2020 the fourth new 777X took off from Paine Field Seattle airport at 10.08.The plane is the world’s largest and most efficient twin-engine jet, unmatched in every aspect of performance.

The first test flight took place on January 25, 2020, at 10:09 a.m. From Paine Field in Everett, and landed in Boeing Field in Seattle after 3 hours and 52 minutes. The second 777X first flew on April 30, by which point the first had accumulated nearly 100 hr of exploring the flight envelope.

The plane now joins her three 777X stablemates outside Seattle while cabin systems and extended operations get thoroughly run through before the aircraft type begins flying paying passengers in 2022.
According to Boeing 'With new breakthroughs in aerodynamics and engines, the 777X will deliver 10 percent lower fuel use and emissions and 10 percent lower operating costs than the competition.

The 777X offers low-risk, profitable growth, industry-leading reliability and seamless integration with the 777 and 787 Dreamliner families for even more flexibility.
But performance is just part of the story, with a spacious, wide cabin, new custom architecture and innovations from the 787 Dreamliner, the 777X will deliver the flight experience of the future'.

  1. The new Boeing 777X will be the world’s largest and most efficient twin-engine jet, unmatched in every aspect of performance. With new breakthroughs in aerodynamics and engines, the 777X will deliver 10 percent lower fuel use and emissions and 10 percent lower operating costs than the competition. A true family, the 777X offers low-risk, profitable growth, industry-leading.
  2. The first #777X flight test airplane is about to get painted. Join us #live today at 10 a.m. PST (18:00 UTC) from Everett, Wash.! We'll share a rare glimpse inside a #Boeing paint facility and hear from our team about what's next for the 777X test airplane.
  3. Boeing's 777X jet successfully completed its first test flight from Everett's Paine Field and is expected to land at Boeing Field.MORE: https://www.king5.com.
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The 777X has folding wing tips. The longer wings allow for more efficient in-flight operations, and folding them on the ground means it can access more airports.

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The 777X is closer to the capacity of some four-engine aircraft. The A340-600 (the largest A340 variant) offers a two-class capacity of 440. The 747-8 has a typical three-class capacity of 467. The capacity and distance gap between four and two engine aircraft has been narrowing for some time. With ETOPS improvements, there are limited areas that twins cannot fly. And with engine improvements, larger airframes are achieving higher capacities.


The GE9X engine used on the 777X is bigger than the 737 fuselage

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See video covering of the flight of the 777X here