Boeing’s 777X takes to the skies
After 2 thwarted attempts, Boeing’s flight test 777X lifted off from Paine Field Saturday. The take-off commences the long-awaited start of the 777X’s delayed flight test programme – great news for Boeing, a company wracked in the last year by the 737 Max grounding. With the 777-9 airborne, the aircraft programme enters the critical flight-test phase. Boeing initially intended to begin flight testing in 2019 and to achieve certification in 2020, but an issue with the 777X’s GE Aviation GE9X turbofan last year pushed flight testing into 2020. Launched by Boeing at the Dubai air show in 2013, the 777X is an upgraded version of the 777, an extremely successful fly-by-wire airliner that some analysts and former Boeing engineers say represents the pinnacle of the company’s engineering might. <br/>
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Boeing’s 777X takes to the skies
After 2 thwarted attempts, Boeing’s flight test 777X lifted off from Paine Field Saturday. The take-off commences the long-awaited start of the 777X’s delayed flight test programme – great news for Boeing, a company wracked in the last year by the 737 Max grounding. With the 777-9 airborne, the aircraft programme enters the critical flight-test phase. Boeing initially intended to begin flight testing in 2019 and to achieve certification in 2020, but an issue with the 777X’s GE Aviation GE9X turbofan last year pushed flight testing into 2020. Launched by Boeing at the Dubai air show in 2013, the 777X is an upgraded version of the 777, an extremely successful fly-by-wire airliner that some analysts and former Boeing engineers say represents the pinnacle of the company’s engineering might. <br/>
