TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
I think AOPA made an error in this news brief in last month's issue. Look at the last paragraph in the attached scan.
Although they say "the company has announced", I can't find anything on Boeing's site to support this statement.
Orders look good for the 777: http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm
They just announced the new cargo version of it. It's a relatively new model, excellent safety record (no fatal accidents other than a ground handler who died in a refuelling fire in Denver due to his own error), and I don't think the 787 fits the same usage profile as the 777.
I flew on a British Airways 777 to London in 1999, and got to fly in the cockpit for the descent from cruise and approach into Gatwick... we were way back in coach (near the back of the plane) and it felt like first class in a "normal" plane. Long live the 777!
Although they say "the company has announced", I can't find anything on Boeing's site to support this statement.
Orders look good for the 777: http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm
They just announced the new cargo version of it. It's a relatively new model, excellent safety record (no fatal accidents other than a ground handler who died in a refuelling fire in Denver due to his own error), and I don't think the 787 fits the same usage profile as the 777.
I flew on a British Airways 777 to London in 1999, and got to fly in the cockpit for the descent from cruise and approach into Gatwick... we were way back in coach (near the back of the plane) and it felt like first class in a "normal" plane. Long live the 777!