The Boeing 777X’s First Flight Could Be Nearer Now That GE Has Delivered Flight Compliant Engines

In a pleasant surprise, it seems Boeing might bring forward the Boeing 777X’s first flight. General Electric, the builders of the Boeing 777X’s engines has delivered a new GE9X engine ready to be installed on the airframe. Boeing was trucking along nicely with the Boeing 777X program earlier this year. They had completed the electronic tests, had finished painting the fuselage and conducted taxi tests. However, when they were gearing up to do their first flight tests they ran into a problem with… (simpleflying.com) More...