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Aviation Week & Space Technology . 11/21/2005, Vol. 163 Issue 20, p45-45. 1p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- This article reports that Boeing Co. has validated its claim that the 777-200LR is the industry's longest-range jet by setting a distance record of 11,664 naut. mi. in a nonstop west-to-east flight from Hong Kong, China to London, England. The flight took 22 hour, 42 minutes, capping a nine-month testing period. The flight broke several records. In its own weight class, it topped the 1989 flight of a 747-400 of 9,200 naut. mi. It also topped the 10,823-naut. -mi. record set by a 777-200ER, although that one stays on the books because the smaller aircraft is in a different weight class.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00052175
- Volume :
- 163
- Issue :
- 20
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 18996387