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The first passenger Boeing 777 built is being flown to a museum today, having spent the last quarter of a century ferrying bods from A to B.

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Boeing is still building the 777 long-haul airliner to this day, albeit with more than a few tweaks to the original 1990s design.

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Techies, particularly those in the APAC region, will be more than familiar with Boeing's products thanks to the wide spread of companies, locations and conferences baked into the industry. With more than 1,500 777s built, odds are a long-haul flight is being operated by one of them.

Registered in China as B-HNL, the very first production Boeing 777 rolled off the line in 1994, receiving the maker's number WA001 and entering the US register as N7771. For Boeing it marked a number of new technological innovations; it was their first fly-by-wire aircraft, and the first to be designed entirely by computer.

It spent three years as a flying testbed before being bought by Cathay Pacific, at which point it was completely overhauled, fitted with new Rolls-Royce engines in place of its original Pratt & Whitney turbofans, re-registered and delivered for passenger flights in 2000.

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Since its delivery from Boeing, according to Cathay Pacific, B-HNL racked up 20,519 flights totalling 49,687 flying hours with the airline. A potted history of the aircraft states that it flew 1,729 hours with Boeing in its testbed days, giving a grand total of 51,416 hours gracing the skies. The airline was one of half a dozen closely consulted by Boeing during the initial design phases of the 777's inception.

Around seven or eight flying hours will be added to B-HNL's total thanks to today's ferry flight, which started in China and, via a 55-minute hop to Hong Kong for refuelling, will end in the US, at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

The 777 was Boeing's answer to Airbus's A300 jets, which were the first long-ranged, wide bodied twin-engined aircraft with large passenger capacities. Today the 777 competes directly with the European manufacturer's A330 and A350 aircraft, in its 777-ER, LR and X variants. ®

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Pima Air & Space Museum
Location in Arizona
EstablishedMay 8, 1976; 44 years ago
Location6000 East Valencia Road
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Coordinates32°8′25″N110°52′0″W / 32.14028°N 110.86667°W
TypeAviation museum
DirectorScott Marchand
Websitepimaair.org
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Since 1976, the world's fastest air-breathing manned aircraft.

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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'I'll Be Around'
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-70016

The Pima Air & Space Museum, located in Tucson, Arizona, is one of the world's largest non-government funded aerospace museums. The museum features a display of nearly 300 aircraft spread out over 80 acres (320,000 m²) on a campus occupying 127 acres (513,000 m²). It has also been the home to the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame since 1991.

Overview[edit]

A large number of the museum's aircraft are displayed outside with the remainder located in one of the museum's four display hangars.[1] In addition to the display hangars, the museum has a restoration hangar.[2]

Opened to the public in May 1976 with 48 aircraft then on display, the Museum's main hangar houses an SR-71A Blackbird, an A-10 Warthog, a United States Air ForceThrough the Years exhibit, and a mock-up of a control tower.

The museum is adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), affiliated with the base, also known as the 'Graveyard of Planes' or 'The Boneyard', is the largest aircraft storage and preservation facility in the world.[3]

History[edit]

The museum opened to the public on May 8, 1976. In early 1982 the first hangar on the site was completed. A second was built in 1987, a third in 1992, and a fourth in 1994.[1]

In 2012, the museum collaborated with artists, in The Boneyard Project, to place some abandoned aircraft on display as canvases for art.[4][5]

During 2015, Boeing donated to the museum the second 787 aircraft to be built. It is exhibited in the colors of the 787 customer, ANA.[6]

In November 2016, Orbis International donated their first McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital to the museum, after receiving a second DC-10 from FedEx. The DC-10, which was the oldest flying example of its type and at the time of its donation, while being the oldest surviving example and the second overall built, was restored for display at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base.[7]

The museum acquired 77 acres in January 2021 for the construction of the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum. The new museum will house a large number of mostly land vehicles, including 50 donated by the Imperial War Museum.[8]

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Selected aircraft on display[edit]

SR-71 Blackbird
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Out of a collection of 300 aircraft, these are the most prominent:[1]

  • Boeing 777-200[9]
  • Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress[10]
  • Boeing B-29 Superfortress[11]
  • Consolidated B-24 Liberator[12]
  • English Electric Lightning[13]
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird[13]
  • Martin PBM Mariner[13]
  • North American F-107[13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abcStemm, James. 'History of the Pima Air & Space Museum'. Pima Air & Space Museum. Pimaair.org. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  2. ^'RESTORATION HANGAR & PROJECT STATUS'. Pima Air & Space Museum. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. ^''BONEYARD'/AMARG TOUR'. Pima Air & Space Museum. Pimaair.org. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  4. ^Firestone, Eric (2012). '[Homepage]'. The Boneyard Project: Return Trip. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  5. ^Francis, Christopher (2013). 'Plane becomes canvas at Pima Air & Space Museum'. Tucson News Now. Raycom Media. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  6. ^'Boeing donates 787-8 ZA002 (N787EX) to the Pima Air and Space Museum'. World Airline News. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  7. ^Wilson, William. 'Pima Space Museum to get DC-10 that served as flying eye hospital'. Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  8. ^'Expansion of the Pima Air and Space Museum with the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum'(PDF). Pima County. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  9. ^'First Boeing 777 now at Pima Air and Space Museum'. News for Tucson. September 18, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  10. ^'390TH MEMORIAL MUSEUM'. Pima Air & Space Museum. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  11. ^'HANGAR 4'. Pima Air & Space Museum. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  12. ^'HANGAR 3'. Pima Air & Space Museum. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  13. ^ abcd'HANGAR 1 SOUTH THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM HANGAR'. Pima Air & Space Museum. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
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External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pima Air & Space Museum.
  • Official website
  • The Boneyard Project, Eric Firestone Gallery, Tucson. Includes narrated video/slide show.

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Coordinates: 32°8′24.34″N110°51′53.19″W / 32.1400944°N 110.8647750°W

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