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Boeing starts wind-tunnel tests for the 777X aircraft

Farnborough, United Kingdom - A 0.05% scale model is utilized for the operation

Boeing announced it started the low-speed wind-tunnel tests for the 777X, the updated version with higher capacity of the Boeing 777 aircraft. "This is the first major development milestone for the program since we launched the program last month. Wind tunnel testing will validate our performance models and generate a vast amount of data that our engineering teams will use to design the airplane...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1156992
Rome, Italy, 12/09/2013 13:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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