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Boeing begins B-777X aircraft high-speed wind tunnel tests

Washington, Usa - The program has 280 orders and committments from five customers worldwide

Boeing announced yesterday that high-speed wind tunnel tests have started for the B-777X airplane. Testing began last week at its Transonic Wind Tunnel in Seattle. Last month, engineers started wind tunnel tests at QinetiQ's facility in Farnborough, UK, where testing of the low-speed performance of the airplane continues. The data will help engineers with the configuration development of the...

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Rome, Italy, 01/16/2014 18:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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