First Flight - N717AN

[eolesen]

Check out the silver... or lack therefore of...

Includes a RTO and takeoff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x-owRtLop08

This is good airplane porn. Please don't ruin it with the normal snarky anti-management and/or union comments.

 

[texflyer]

Yep, a new livery on the way. NWA's silver livery before the DL merger looked good when it left the factory, but after a couple years in service the NWA planes looked meh.

I hope AA took that into account with the new scheme........looks similar to Virgin Atlantics.

 

[texflyer]

Is the pilot doing a runup on the first run. If you look closely you can see the tail rise as if the pilot was on the brakes. And notice how much shake of the rear horizontal stabilizers.

Can't believe it took AA this long to get the 777-300 in the fleet.

 

[FWAAA]

Those monster GE engines are each more than 5,000 pounds heavier than the Trents on the 772s, for more than 10,000 total additional pounds v the 772, so I guess the slight additional weight of the gray paint is inconsequential by comparison.

Still would have liked to have seen it in shiny aluminum.

More cargo capacity than a 744 with almost the same passenger capacity. Turns out AA didn't have an aversion to very large planes, just the four-engine models.

 

[jimntx]

Not even a discrete AA near the nose? This looks like the Costco generic version of the a/c. And, what's with the white insert in the tail section. It looks like they borrowed that piece from another airplane at the last minute.

 

[MCI transplant]

Is the pilot doing a runup on the first run. If you look closely you can see the tail rise as if the pilot was on the brakes. And notice how much shake of the rear horizontal stabilizers.

Can't believe it took AA this long to get the 777-300 in the fleet.

I noticed also the spoilers were deployed. He didn't want that plane even thinking about getting airborne!

 

[WorldTraveler]

Those monster GE engines are each more than 5,000 pounds heavier than the Trents on the 772s, for more than 10,000 total additional pounds v the 772, so I guess the slight additional weight of the gray paint is inconsequential by comparison.

Still would have liked to have seen it in shiny aluminum.

More cargo capacity than a 744 with almost the same passenger capacity. Turns out AA didn't have an aversion to very large planes, just the four-engine models.

The 773ER is an outstanding airplane in its capabilities and its CASM but AA didn't have a larger plane than the 772 for many years because it didn't need it and couldn't honestly have used a large aircraft profitably in the network it had several years ago. The only operators of large aircraft (larger than the 772) were UA who predominantly focused on China, HKG, and Australia with its 744s and NW which had a hub at NRT. The bulk of the US carrier passenger 744 fleet still serves those regions w/ a few working a few TATL routes. The most profitable parts of AA's network and the most likely candidates for larger aircraft would have been LHR and the largest markets in Latin America, predominantly GRU and EZE. But as long as AA dominated those markets there was little reason to add a bunch of capacity.
Now that AA/BA have a greater need to push as much traffic as possible through the limited slots at LHR and the JBA w/ a restructured JL is allowing AA to profitably push traffic throughout Asia, and Latin America continues to grow, it makes sense for AA to use a high performance, low CASM aircraft like the 773 that is common to AA's existing fleet.

The 773 will substantially help AA's efforts to grow its international network - and will be a very classy addition to the US air carrier fleet.

and, yes, a big part of DL's attraction with the 77L is its ability to lift enormous amounts of cargo and operate some of the most operationally challenging routes with far more ease and capability than the 772ER can do. With only a few differences, the 773ER will give AA the same capabilities AND w/ the lowest CASM for any US carrier longhaul aircraft.

The only real network question is whether AA will use the 773ER to begin service to S. Africa.

 

[bigjets]

http://anthony-harding.com/?p=156


nothing official but it looks cool

 

[KILOFINAL]

nice video. I miss the 747SP we had for DFW-NRT! lol

 

[Art at ISP]

I believe those were the 747SP's which came from TWA. I remember them well at JFK.

 

[rifbound]

Is the pilot doing a runup on the first run. If you look closely you can see the tail rise as if the pilot was on the brakes. And notice how much shake of the rear horizontal stabilizers.

Can't believe it took AA this long to get the 777-300 in the fleet.

Boeing pilots to a high speed taxi before they take off on what they call the B1 flight. They do that to make sure everything deploys correctly before they takeoff the first time. After they take off you see the gear drop, that's the alt. gear drop to make sure that works and then they suck them back up and fly on. That is normal procedure and it's done before every flight. That's the way it was explained to me from a former Boeing employee. Not a RTO. The paint seems to be a neutral color for when US Air and AA merge.

 

[Flying low]

Question about you signature line
If it flys in AAmerica, fix it in AAmerica by AAmericans!

What if it flies in China, South America or Europe who fixes it then?

 

[FWAAA]

Delivered today; here's an article with lots of photos of the all-gray and white plane:

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/american-airlines-new-777-300er-one-shade-of-gray.html/

 

[Jager]

If your wondering why in the age of winglets, the 777 does not incorporate this design, Here's the answer..


Although a newer airplane, the 777 was not designed with winglets. At the time Boeing chose to increase the span of the wing rather than add winglets. As increased span also increases wing aspect ratio [another measure of efficiency] Boeing outlined the addition of winglets did not overcome the weight penalty of carrying winglets. Sources have since shown that increasing the span of the wing by 4/5 of the height of the winglet will have a similar effect on induced drag as a winglet, though without the added complexities of extra outboard structure, extra weight and extra cost." To quote the article-

 

[Runwaysticker]

Check out the silver... or lack therefore of...

Includes a RTO and takeoff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x-owRtLop08

This is good airplane porn. Please don't ruin it with the normal snarky anti-management and/or union comments.

anti collision must be on mel?