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B-777X airplane completes first flight

Lasted three hours and 51 minutes; delivery in 2021

The new B-777X etliner took to the skies last Saturday, entering the next phase of its rigorous test program. Based on the popular 777 and with proven technologies from the 787 Dreamliner, the 777X took off in front of thousands at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:09 am local time for a three hour, 51 minute flight over Washington state before landing at Seattle's Boeing Field.Capt. Van Chaney...

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