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Boeing 777-200LR, world's longest-range airplane, makes first flight.(AEROSPACE)
Advanced Materials & Processes, May, 2005
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The first Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner, the world's longest range commercial airplane, completed its first flight in February and has begun a test program that will lead to its first delivery in January 2006. The 777-200LR, capable of connecting virtually any two cities in the world nonstop, is the fifth 777 model.
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It can carry 301 passengers up to 9420 nautical miles (17,445 kilometers). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During the first flight, the airplane climbed to an altitude of 15,000 feet (4,572 meters) and an air speed of 270 knots, or about 310 miles (500 kilometers) per hour, ...
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