777 Record flight question
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777 Record flight question
Anyone know if this flight had anything above a standard fuel load.
I understand the aircraft can be delivered with up to three auxiliary tanks, did the record breaking aircraft have any auxiliary tanks, if so, how many?
I understand the aircraft can be delivered with up to three auxiliary tanks, did the record breaking aircraft have any auxiliary tanks, if so, how many?
This link may require registration and it isn't definitive but these words:
"It would also require the addition of three more fuel tanks, bringing the total to six. "
Suggest to me that the HKG/LHR flight was done with 3 tanks.
Telegraph article
But then, it was written by a journalist!
"It would also require the addition of three more fuel tanks, bringing the total to six. "
Suggest to me that the HKG/LHR flight was done with 3 tanks.
Telegraph article
But then, it was written by a journalist!
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More Here:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...54669dd31b.lpf
A RECORD-BREAKING aircraft was able to complete a mammoth non-stop flight, thanks to a Cambridge aviation company.
Marshall Aerospace designed and manufactured auxiliary fuel tanks for the Boeing 777-220LR Worldliner, which set a world distance record when it flew non-stop from Hong Kong to London Heathrow.
The flight, which covered 11,664 nautical miles in 22 hours 42 minutes, was achieved with a full load of fuel and 35 passengers and crew.
Its success was due to four auxiliary fuel tanks beneath the cabin floor, each holding more than 2,000 gallons of fuel.
The tanks were designed at Marshall's offices in Newmarket Road and manufactured in the company's Cambridge workshops before being shipped to Seattle, where Boeing is based.
They are made from honeycomb structure aluminium and titanium and are much lighter than traditional auxiliary tanks.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...54669dd31b.lpf
A RECORD-BREAKING aircraft was able to complete a mammoth non-stop flight, thanks to a Cambridge aviation company.
Marshall Aerospace designed and manufactured auxiliary fuel tanks for the Boeing 777-220LR Worldliner, which set a world distance record when it flew non-stop from Hong Kong to London Heathrow.
The flight, which covered 11,664 nautical miles in 22 hours 42 minutes, was achieved with a full load of fuel and 35 passengers and crew.
Its success was due to four auxiliary fuel tanks beneath the cabin floor, each holding more than 2,000 gallons of fuel.
The tanks were designed at Marshall's offices in Newmarket Road and manufactured in the company's Cambridge workshops before being shipped to Seattle, where Boeing is based.
They are made from honeycomb structure aluminium and titanium and are much lighter than traditional auxiliary tanks.
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Now thats what i call a record
Don't know about fuel tanks but it is strange to hear that this record was set by a Captain at the controls who is not rated to fly and land a 777.
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With all due respect...but who, in their right mind, would want to travel HKG-LHR on an eastbound track when westbound it only takes about half the time?????
IMHO the marketing gurus slipped here.
Cheers ;-)
IMHO the marketing gurus slipped here.
Cheers ;-)
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I can say with great certainty, having several flight test friends at Boeing, that the flight was made with the three aux. tank configuration that is a standard option for the 777-200LR.
Each aux. tank has capacity of approximately 1850 USG.
Boeing is quite proud that the airplane tankage was the same as would be available for normal airline operations.
Each aux. tank has capacity of approximately 1850 USG.
Boeing is quite proud that the airplane tankage was the same as would be available for normal airline operations.
