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When Do You Think We'll See The 777-100?  
User currently offlineTWA717_200 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (13 years 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1381 times:

How about it? Read about it early on but haven't heard it mentioned lately.

Also, no carriers so far have opted for hinged wing tips. Waiting to see that too.

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User currently offlineD L X From United States of America, joined May 1999, 10561 posts, RR: 53
Reply 1, posted (13 years 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1303 times:

I doubt we will see either variant any time soon. the hinged wing tips add weight, but in fact aren't very useful anywhere. AA insisted on their inclusion as an option, but notice that even they didn't order them. The 777-100 was going to be the long range version IIRC, but those crazy engineers at Boeing managed to find a way to make the -200 longer than anyone will ever need.  

(Think about it. With a range of over 10000 miles, and the earth is only 24000 miles in circumfrence, you can reach almost any point in the world from any other point with one of these birds.)

User currently offlineTWA717_200 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (13 years 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1289 times:

Now that you mention it, I don't think that the 771 would be much different than the 764, other than one helluva range.

User currently offlineSammyk From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 1686 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (13 years 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1279 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

There seem to be several buyers interested in this bird. SIA and ILFC to name two. Maybe others as well.

Sammy

User currently offlineFLY777UAL From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4510 posts, RR: 3
Reply 4, posted (13 years 2 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1256 times:

But the 777-100 program's "fire" has basically been snuffed out with the new 777-200LR launch...

Highly doubtful that it will ever leave the drawing board (or should that be the drawing monitor now...?)

FLY777UAL

User currently offlineBlink182 From Azerbaijan, joined Oct 1999, 5430 posts, RR: 19
Reply 5, posted (13 years 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1204 times:

i thought AA was considering them or the 773 ER if boeing was ever going to start the project


Give me a break, I created this username when I was a kid...
User currently offlineDesertJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7673 posts, RR: 18
Reply 6, posted (13 years 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 1166 times:

I believe Boeing scrapped the 777-100 concept shortly after the 777-300 entered revenue service. I will try to hunt the Boeing press release archives. And now with the LR versions of the -200 and -300 coming out the need for a small ultra-long range plane seems doubtful.


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