Bangkok--Mar 9--Ogilvy Public Relations
The first Boeing [NYSE:BA
] 777-200LR Worldliner, the world’s longest range commercial airplane, today completed its first flight and began a test program that will lead to its first delivery in January 2006.
Capts. Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann and Frank Santoni, shown here, flew the airplane, which carries the distinctive new blue Boeing livery. Darcy-Hennemann is the 777-200LR project pilot and Santoni is the chief 777 program pilot for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
The newest 777 took off from Everett, Wash., Paine Field at 10 a.m. local time. After approximately three hours, it landed at 1:02 p.m. at Seattle’s Boeing Field.
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