777 from HKG to LHR in 23 hours

[Spooky 1]

Actually, Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann is the 777-200LR Project chief test pilot.

I have worked with her when I was on the 777 at Brand X. Very accomplished pilot and an exceptional public speaker. She has done technical briefings at the Boeing Users Conference and her presentations are always excellent. I think she is or was at least current in all the Boeing production models. Started as an engineer at Boeing and worked her way up through the ranks. Pretty exceptional sucess story.

 

[Vector4fun]

I would need a dose of fentanyl and a drool napkin like the Dentist uses.

Any trip over about 10 hours would make me nuts. Please, MAKE ME change planes in ORD, ATL, ANYWHERE!!!!

 

[414Flyer]

Sorry, but yes it WAS NON-Stop. The L1649A Constellation was the pinicale of the piston era long range aircraft. Sure there may have been an occasional tech stops when the flight plans ran over 23+ hours, but usually they did it non-stop. I was on a ferry flight from Hamburg to Oakland California that ran around 22 hours back in 1967. Three pilots, two FE's, two Nav's. A real crowd.

That and the DC-7C were the peak of piston airliners. However not long at all after they were developed, the 707 was entering service, giving both of those piston airliners short lives.

 

[mzaharis]

I have worked with her when I was on the 777 at Brand X. Very accomplished pilot and an exceptional public speaker. She has done technical briefings at the Boeing Users Conference and her presentations are always excellent. I think she is or was at least current in all the Boeing production models. Started as an engineer at Boeing and worked her way up through the ranks. Pretty exceptional sucess story.

Sorry that I missed your facetiousness. I haven't had the privilege of working with her, but from what I've read, she seems like quite the sharp one.

I saw a picture of her with the 777 chief program pilot, Frank Santoni. Definitely different from the old Tex Johnston "I'll roll this bucking airplane with my spurs on" look. More like a couple of suburban soccer parents. I guess "the right stuff" is a bit more buttoned down these days.

http://www.707sim.com/images/tex-johnston-cover.jpg
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/777family/200LR/images/frank_suzanna777.jpg

 

[Mach.75]

Here's my ?: Why didn't it just fly West to London, it looks like it would be shorter?

 

[say again]

Hell NO!!! 4 hrs is LONG enough for me, and even that is pushing it!!!:laugh: :beer:

 

[TriStar_drvr]

Here's my ?: Why didn't it just fly West to London, it looks like it would be shorter?

It would have been shorter, but then it wouldn't have broken the record.

 

[CutEmUp]

This is a shady way to set the record. They could have just flown from New York to LA. Just fly over every state along the way, some twice if you please. I'm sure you could make it take forever but WHO CARES.

Just pick two cities that are 12500 miles apart GREAT CIRCLE and do it that way. Think about it, now an A340 will fly between the same two cities and they will say "We flew that same route in WAY less time than the 777."

 

[Hawker rider]

But I don't read anywhere in the Boeing presentations of this accomplishment that TIME was a goal. They set out upon being the longest range in miles for a commercial airlines, the fact that it took just short of 23 hours didn't seem to have been an issue.

So even all the propliners or for instance the military airplanes, like the B52 that would stay up for I don't know how many hours, but it used inflight refueling. apples and oranges