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The first Boeing 777 goes to museum

This article came from airlinerwatch.com via flightaware.com

Hong Kong - The first Boeing "Triple Seven" WA001 goes to the museum after 24 years of service. The aircraft built in 1994 belonged to the passenger fleet of Cathay Pacific since 2000.

The airline donated this first prototype (N7771) to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, where it would be displayed as part of the aviation history with the first Boeing 737, the first 747 and the first Concorde.

On April 9, 1994, the first 777, line number WA001, was rolled out in a series of ceremonies. The first flight was carried out on June 12, 1994.

The aircraft was converted to the production version 777-267 and delivered to Cathay Pacific in 2000, where it was in use until the end of May 2018. But the first built 777 was not the first delivered. This honor came to the seventh aircraft produced, which went to the United Airlines.

For Boeing, the 777 was a great success. The two-engine jetliner with electronic flight control and the two-man cockpit was about 33 percent more economical than the classic versions of the jumbo jet.

Been to that museum. Interesting!

Thanks for sharing

I must admit, I have heard today for the first time about this 777 and also from the first 747 only a year ago!
I searched for a 747 classic FE panel and then found Barnaby Britton's photo of the 747 FE panel on the net! Later i learned more through a documentary about this prototype!
Really interesting stories, how this and certainly other prototypes were developed at the time and without the possibilities that you have today!
At least you get today by computer an idea how these aircraft looked like and who knows how far the future computers and the necessary software will increase the realism of the virtuell aircraft!

Andiroto wrote:I must admit, I have heard today for the first time about this 777 and also from the first 747 only a year ago!
I searched for a 747 classic FE panel and then found Barnaby Britton's photo of the 747 FE panel on the net! Later i learned more through a documentary about this prototype!
Really interesting stories, how this and certainly other prototypes were developed at the time and without the possibilities that you have today!
At least you get today by computer an idea how these aircraft looked like and who knows how far the future computers and the necessary software will increase the realism of the virtuell aircraft!

Speaking of the B747 we shouldn't forget that it was entirely designed and built with this manually operated computer. Something the younger generations don't realize predated the present day computers.