Credit: Boeing
Big widebody twins form the backbone of today’s high-capacity air transport system and are set to grow even larger with the coming debut of Boeing’s 420-plus passenger 777-9. But at 251.9 ft. (76.8 m) in length, and tipping the scales at 775,000 lb., has the big twin reached the upper limit of the...
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