777 is one of the best products Boeing ever built. BAHA Fan of myfavorite airline being the launch customer of my favorite widebody aircraft --- Travel Pages <travelpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Boeing Jet's 13,422-Mile Flight a Record > By EMILY BEHLMANN, Associated Press Writer > > > > > > A Boeing Co. jet arrived in London from Hong Kong on > Thursday, breaking the record for the longest > nonstop flight by a commercial jet. The 777-200LR > Worldliner ? one of Boeing's newest planes ? touched > down shortly after 1 p.m. (8 a.m. EST) at London's > Heathrow Airport after a journey of more than 13,422 > miles. The previous record was set when a Boeing > 747-400 flew 10,500 miles from London to Sydney in > 1989. > > > > A representative of Guinness World Records, which > monitored the flight, presented Boeing's Lars > Andersen with a certificate confirming it was for > the longest nonstop commercial flight. > > Captain Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann, was at the controls > when the plane left Hong Kong, said the trip east > across the Pacific had been bumpy. > > > > "But we had a great ride across the United States > ... and across the Atlantic we saw our second > sunrise of the trip," she said. > > > > The jet spent 22 hours and 43 minutes in the air. > > > > Andersen said the Hong Kong-to-London flight showed > the future of air travel. > > "With the 777-200LR, we are changing the world," he > said. "Passengers can fly commercially between just > about any two cities nonstop." > > > > The plane had eight pilots and was carrying an > additional 27 passengers and crew, including Boeing > representatives, journalists and customers. > > > > The record-breaking attempt is part of Boeing's > fierce competition with its European rival Airbus. > The Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner was designed to > compete directly with the popular Airbus 340-500, > which has a flight range of 10,380 miles. > > > > Boeing said that after leaving Hong Kong, the jet > flew across the northern Pacific Ocean before > reaching North America, where it flew over Los > Angeles, then slightly south of Chicago and over New > York before cruising over the Atlantic Ocean to > London. Hong Kong-London flights usually fly over > Russia. > > ___ > > On the Net: > > The plane's flight path can be tracked at > http://www.777.newairplane.com > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in > one click. >