777-200LR Record Flight

[jal]

It looks like this 777-200LR Record Flight is related to an eventual Qantas order

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business ... 92,00.html

[GE90]

Congrats to the Boeing team supervised by a woman Chief Test Pilot for the 772LR program !! Very nice.

But I think the performance was well down to GE for this achievment. The GE90 has again shown its incredible abilities.

FB.

I agree. Thanks also to HK ATC for allowing the airplane to be fueled at the ramp at the end of the runway, start and immediately takeoff with essentially zero taxi time. Only 700lb fuel consumed from start to takeoff.

Here are some more detailed stats if you are interested:

Record "credit" distance: 11,664 nm (great circles between declared waypoints) or 13,422 statutue miles
Actual flight plan distance flown: 12,173 nm or 14,008 statute miles
Flight time: 22:42
Fuel burned: 341,300 lb
Fuel remaining: 18,700 lb
Fuel burn at cruise: 11,200 lb/hr
Total on board: 35 incl crew
Cases of champagne: 5
Sunsets: 1
Sunrises: 2

[sn26567]

Cases of champagne: 5

For how many people? I hope the pilots did not drink their share during the flight