History

The Boeing 777 is a very popular modern wide-body airliner with over 1000 currently in service. The 777-200 is the shorter of two versions currently in production and was the first to enter airline service.

The Boeing 777 was designed to fill the gap in passenger capacity between its 747 and 767 airliners.

It was designed in conjunction with eight major airlines and was the first airliner to be designed entirely on computers, allowing virtual assembly so that mockups and prototypes were unnecessary.

The first 777 made its first flight on 12 June 1994 and they began entering service in May 1995.

The 777 has been very popular and 1,017 were in airline service by July 2102.

This model represents PH-BQA of KLM in September 2011.

Minicraft 1/144 kit TwoSix Decals decals completed by Leigh Edmonds in September 2013.

Data

MODEL: Boeing 777-200 (KLM, PH-BQA, 2011)

ROLE: Medium to long range wide-body airliner

TIME PERIOD: 1995 -

ENGINES: two Pratt& Whitney PW4077 turbofan engines of 343kN thrust or two Rolls Royce Trent 877 turbofan engines of 338kN thrust or two General Electric GE77B turbofan engines of 342kN thrust

WING SPAN: 60.93m

LENGTH: 63.73m

MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 247,200kg

CRUISING SPEED: 892km/h

RANGE: 9,700km

PAYLOAD: 305 passengers in three classes

CREW: 2

SCALE: 1/144

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