Hats off to Philipp and his team - and their support on is first-rate as well. Now that the VMAX can run 64-bits with a sophisticated FMC (WAY better than the default XP10 FMC) - we can fly routes and ILS approaches and fixes, and all in 64-bit with no excessive tweaking or CTDS or other worries. No, it's not 'quite' there, but it's more than just a passing resemblance to the quality we expect from the NGX in FSX. I think the Ramzzess VMAX 777 is competitive with PMDG. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.I agree with this. Some suggested that its range was too long for its good and that the market niche it was supposed to fit never really existed.Īs for the record, it still stands today.
While a majestic entrance for the Boeing 777-200LR, its sales never really set records like this flight. This flight changed the way we see long-haul flights, and inspired such routes as Singapore to New York, and pushed Qantas quicker to test Project Sunrise ( Qantas had already flown from London to Sydney with a 747 a few years before). " The Worldliner uses less fuel to fly farther, carry more passengers, more comfortably, and with more revenue cargo than any other commercial jetliner." "The record distance flight is a demonstration of the outstanding operating efficiency and reliability of the Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner," said Lars Andersen, 777 Program vice president, and program manager in a press release. Upon landing, Boeing completed the record for the world's longest flight by the Guinness Book of Records.įor Boeing, it was proof that its engineering was spot on. The rest of the aircraft had monitoring equipment. It didn't have a usual fit-out, with all passengers receiving a business class seat in an expanded area, with a reception at the front of the plane for mingling and only a few rows of demonstrator economy seats. The rest of the aircraft's weight went to the 164 tons of fuel onboard. Boeing allocated only 18kg to each passenger and crew, including cameras and laptops (which were big and heavy 15 years ago). To fly non-stop for so long, the aircraft had nine pilots and 27 others on board.
The plane flew for 22 hours and 43 minutes, passing over the international dateline and saw two sunrises as it went the opposite way to the sun. The plane experienced turbulence over the Pacific, " But we had a great ride across the United States … and across the Atlantic, we saw our second sunrise of the trip," Captain Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann said to Seattle Times. The plane passed over Los Angeles, skirted Chicago, buzzed New York before joining other transatlantic traffic. Usually, aircraft would fly north-west, passing over China, Russia, and Northern Europe to London.īut this flight would take it over the Pacific, over North America, and then over the Atlantic. On November 9th, 2005, Boeing decided to fly a Boeing 777-200LR demonstration model the 'wrong-way' around the world from Hong Kong to London to show off its range.
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