777x Second Flight
Boeing on Thursday announced the first flight of the second test aircraft of the 777X, the world’s largest twin-engine passenger aircraft. Internally designated as WH002, the jet registered as N779XX performed a 2-hour, 58-minute flight manned by Capt. Ted Grady, 777X project pilot, and Capt. Van Chaney, 777/777X chief pilot.
According to Boeing, the second prototype “will test handling characteristics and other aspects of airplane performance. An array of equipment, sensors and monitoring devices throughout the cabin allows the onboard team to document and evaluate the airplane’s response to test conditions in real time.”
The US manufacturer will use four aircraft for the 777-9 certification program, the largest variant of the new widebody, with a capacity for 426 passengers in two classes of service.
The Second 777X Test Jet – First Flight The second of four Boeing #777X test airplanes took to the skies for the first time yesterday. The jet will now start testing handling characteristics as part of our rigorous test program. Posted by The Boeing Company on Friday, 1 May 2020. Boeing NYSE: BA today conducted a productive and successful first flight of the second 777X airplane. Ted Grady, 777X project pilot, and Capt. Van Chaney, 777/777X chief pilot, flew for 2. 777X First Flight Join us as the new Boeing 777X enters the next phase of its rigorous test program. Based on the most successful twin-aisle airplane ever, the Boeing 777, and with advanced technologies from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the 777X will be the largest and most fuel efficient twin-engine jet in the world, with an exceptional. Engineers at Boeing have started flight testing the second 777X airplane. Piloted by Captain Ted Grady, 777X project pilot and Captain Van Chaney, 777/777X chief pilot, the first flight was conducted on April 30 and lasted almost three hours over Washington state before landing at Seattle’s Boeing Field.
Tests resumed
Boeing resumed its 777X development program last week when the first test plane returned to take a flight. The aircraft, which made its maiden flight on January 25 after several months of delay, has already accumulated 100 flight hours, according to the planemaker.
This milestone allowed the team can safely add personnel to monitor testing onboard instead of relying solely on a ground-based telemetry station, unlocking testing at greater distances.
777x Second Flight Schedule
The 777X program was launched in 2013, with production starting in 2017. Boeing still targets the first delivery of the new jet in 2021, to Lufthansa – the company claims to have 330 orders from eight customers.
Lufthansa´s Boeing 777-9 renderingThe production rate of the new aircraft, however, will be low in the coming years. This week, Boeing announced that the assembly line for the 777 will be only three planes a month, including the classic variant.
In addition to the 777-9, Boeing will also have the smallest 777-8, which has a range of 8,730 nautical miles (16,170 km), but its development is suspended.
Boeing [NYSE: BA] today conducted a productive and successful first flight of the second 777X airplane. Capt. Ted Grady, 777X project pilot, and Capt. Van Chaney, 777/777X chief pilot, flew for 2 hours and 58 minutes over Washington state before landing at Seattle's Boeing Field at 2:02 p.m. Pacific.
777x First Flight
Designated WH002, this airplane is the second of four in a dedicated flight test fleet and will test handling characteristics and other aspects of airplane performance. An array of equipment, sensors and monitoring devices throughout the cabin allows the onboard team to document and evaluate the airplane's response to test conditions in real time.
The 777X test plan lays out a comprehensive series of tests and conditions on the ground and in the air to demonstrate the safety and reliability of the design. To date, crews have flown the first airplane nearly 100 hours at a variety of flap settings, speeds, altitudes and system settings as part of the initial evaluation of the flight envelope. With initial airworthiness now demonstrated, the team can safely add personnel to monitor testing onboard instead of relying solely on a ground-based telemetry station, unlocking testing at greater distances.