Boeing's 777X is just one plane in a long history of passenger planes from the contractor. It's so wide that its wingtips ...

When the new widebody 777x enters service ... 777-9—the wings will measure 235 feet from tip to folding tip. That’s wider than the wings on existing Boeing 777s or the 787, and about double ...

When airborne, the forthcoming Boeing 777x aircraft ... the plane’s wings—or asking airports to make bigger gates—Boeing engineers gave them hinges, so the tips could fold up and down.

Boeing has launched its newest airliner, the 777X, at the 2013 Dubai Airshow. The aircraft is designed with folding wing-tips that will increase wingspan and, as a result, fuel efficiency without ...

The idea to create folding wing tips stemmed from airport gate space limitations. Like pilot training, Boeing didn't want the new 777X to require costly airport infrastructure changes. The 777X ...

The 777X, by contrast, can fly to the many airports around the world served by the Boeing 777, 787 series or the A330. That's because, with the folding wing tips, Boeing has ensured that the new ...

Boeing announced its next-generation 777X passenger jet at the Dubai Airshow in 2013. The plane is a stretched version of Boeing's successful 777-200/300, but with reduced emissions and operating ...

That's because the company received Federal Aviation Administration approval today for its folding wingtips ... was no way the tips would rotate during flight, and that the wings could handle ...

US regulators have detailed a series of protective safety measures proposed for the Boeing 777X's folding wing-tips, having drawn comparisons with the risks posed by unreleased gust-locks. The US ...

German firm Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg is to supply crucial components for the folding wing-tip mechanism on the Boeing 777X. The 3.5m folding tips will reduce the type’s wing span to less ...

The idea to create folding wing tips stemmed from airport gate space limitations. Like pilot training, Boeing didn't want the new 777X to require costly airport infrastructure changes. The 777X has a ...