Boeing 777 — The Ultimate History: A prologue
Some figures about the world’s largest & most capable twin-engined airplane, here as a opening for the Boeing 777’s Ultimate History post, to be unveiled on June 7.
Here is some figures about the Boeing 777, the largest twin-engined airplane in the world, which will have 22 years of revenue service by June 7, 2017.
775,000 lbs (351,535 kg) — The maximum takeoff weight of the Boeing 777–300ER, the most capable (in weight capacity) version of the Boeing 777 ever in service today.
21,601 km (11,663 nautical miles / 13,422 statute miles) — The longest flight ever realised with a Boeing 777, more precisely, with the 777–200LR, from Hong Kong to London Heathrow, travelling eastwards.
330 million dollars — The official Boeing list price of a new Boeing 777–300ER — Although the Boeing 777–9 will be $70 million more expensive: 400 million dollars!
3 million — The number of parts which are present in a Boeing 777. Those parts come from every corner of the World: Japan, most of the Europe (Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland), Australia, United States, Canada, South Korea and Singapore.
550 — The maximum passenger seating capacity of the Boeing 777–300 (non-ER, although is possible to configure a 777–300ER with the same capacity), this kind of capacity is preferentially used in the heavily trafficked domestic Japanese routes (from Tokyo to Okinawa or Tokyo to Sapporo), which 777–300 airplanes from ANA & Japan Airlines get closer from that number, even in two classes.
921 — The number of the flight of United Airlines which was also the first revenue flight of the Boeing 777–200 (777–200A) done in June 7, 1995.
127,900 lbf (568 kN) — The maximum thrust generated by the General Electric’s GE90–115B (it was in tests at the GE Aviation’s facility at Peebles, Ohio, USA — it was also the highest thrust ever registered for a jet engine, and even is on the Guinness World Records) the engine which powers exclusively the Boeing 777–300ER and is one of the two engine options on the Boeing 777–200LR (the other one is the derated GE90–110B).
128 inches (330 cm) — The diameter of the fan case of the aforementioned GE90–110B and GE90–115B (used on the Boeing 777–200LR and 777–300ER), which is the largest for any commercial jet engine. Is also bigger than a fuselage of a Boeing 737 or Airbus A320. The GE90–94B and its derivatives have a fan case diameter of 123 inches (310 cm), the Pratt & Whitney PW4000–112, one of the options available on the 777–200, 777–200ER and 777–300, has a diameter of exactly 112 inches (280 cm), while the Rolls-Royce Trent 800 (also a option available on the -200, -200ER and -300) has a diameter of 110 inches (279 cm).
9,200 km (4,970 nautical miles) — The range of the Boeing 777 Freighter, derived from the Boeing 777–200LR. The Boeing 777F is the twin-engined freighter with the longest range in the market.
2012 — The year of the delivery of the 1,000th Boeing 777, a 777–300ER delivered to Emirates, now the largest operator of the type. The airplane was precisely delivered on March 20, 2012.
26916/7 — The Manufacturer Serial Number and the Line Number of the first Boeing 777 to enter in revenue service, for United Airlines (registered N777UA), delivered to United in May 15, 1995. The Line Number 1 (MSN 27116, registered N7771 and equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4077) will only enter in revenue service in 2000, when it was sold to Cathay Pacific (the plane was retrofited with Rolls-Royce Trent 877).
71.9 metres (235 ft 11 in) — Will be the wingspan - unfolded (when folded is of about 64.8m, the same of the Boeing 777–300ER) - of the Boeing 777X, the newest version of the Boeing 777, which has new carbon fibre wings, and which 777–9 version is expected to hit the runways in 2019.
407 — The number of passengers the Boeing 777–9 will be able to carry in a standard 3-class configuration, making the 777–9 the twin-jet with the largest seating capacity in the world.
16,100 km (8,700 nautical miles) — The range of the Boeing 777–8, which is the version of the Boeing 777X focused on Ultra-Long Haul flights, carrying an approximate 350 to 375 seated passengers, in a standard 3-class configuration.
133.5 inches (339 cm) — The fan diameter of the General Electric’s GE9X, which will be the exclusive engine of the Boeing 777X, which diameter itself is bigger than the fan diameter of the GE90–115B that powers the Boeing 777–300ER. Although the GE9X produces less thrust (105,000 lbf), the Boeing 777X will use composites to achieve a similar MTOW of the 777–300ER. The GE9X will also use new higly advanced materials.
And here it was some of the figures about the Boeing 777 and its derivatives, including anything which is related to the airplane itself (including the engines). Please follow me on Twitter (@O530CarrisPT is my username)
