Modified Boeing 777 To Replace Aging NASA DC-8 Research Aircraft
NASA’s newly acquired 20-year-old ex-Japan Airlines 777-200ER is undergoing modification at Langley Research Center.
Credit: NASA
NASA’s long-running search for a replacement for its venerable McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 Earth-science aircraft is over, following the agency’s acquisition of a former Japan Airlines Boeing 777-200ER for conversion into a future research platform. The aircraft, which was delivered new to Japan...
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