Boeing 737 MAX maiden flight a success
- 8 years ago
The maiden flight of Boeing's 737 MAX went off without a hitch, the pilot says.
"It flew beautifully.
We worked through checks but there were no issues."
That was the proclamation delivered Friday by Capt. Ed Wilson upon the successful completion of the flight in Seattle, taking the program a step closer to its Entry Into Service.
The fourth generation of this family of aircraft comes to compete directly against the Airbus A320neo family aircraft in an ongoing battle to dominate the global narrow-body market segment.
After its introduction last December, the aircraft underwent pre-flight preparations, which included taxi tests successfully achieved yesterday.
After type certification, it'll go to launch customer Southwest Airlines -- the world's largest 737 operator -- in the third quarter of 2017.
"It flew beautifully.
We worked through checks but there were no issues."
That was the proclamation delivered Friday by Capt. Ed Wilson upon the successful completion of the flight in Seattle, taking the program a step closer to its Entry Into Service.
The fourth generation of this family of aircraft comes to compete directly against the Airbus A320neo family aircraft in an ongoing battle to dominate the global narrow-body market segment.
After its introduction last December, the aircraft underwent pre-flight preparations, which included taxi tests successfully achieved yesterday.
After type certification, it'll go to launch customer Southwest Airlines -- the world's largest 737 operator -- in the third quarter of 2017.