first line/revenue service for the new B777-200LR - N777TA

[TCA2050]

Last night I was asked by Jack to closely investigate the new paintjob on the PMDG 777-200LR in the TAA livery..... and so we did...

   
Lookin' darn good doesn't she ?

There's even more good news because shortly after that I also got the TCA and TL liveries for testing... and I can tell you, they all look so great !!


So today I was honored to fly the first revenue flight with the Tradewind Alaska B777-200LR N777TA "Virgil F. Partch" and take her from Denver (DEN) to Honolulu (HNL).. .what could we ask more.. a great aircraft and flying her to a great location...

All passengers and cargo is loaded and we're ready for pushback

   

Taxiing to RW34L

   

And soon holding short of the runway awaiting incoming traffic to land

   

Lining up on the runway, and cleared to take off using the COORZ2 departure with our first cruise level set at FL360

   

   

   

   

At 19:59Z, near TATOO intersection and arriving near the west coast, step climbed to FL380

   

Nearly 12 km high, over the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

   

22.55Z, over the Pacific Ocean, and just past our Equal Time Point for our ETOPS pair of airports being KLLR/PHOG.
If we get in trouble, from here on we head for PHOG and as you can see on the ND it's about 939nm up ahead

   

We had a safe and further uneventfull flight and arrive over Honolulu on the REEEF4 arrival

   

   

Turning to intercept the localizer for the RW08L ILS

   

   

All set up for landing

   

   

A light rain is welcoming us.... leaving the runway and taxiing to the gate

   

   

Arrived at the gate, the passengers were pretty exciting having experienced this first TAA T7 flight

   

   

So far a great flight with a very promissing and magnificent new aircraft by PMDG
http://www.precisionmanuals.com/pages/pr...77LRF.html


REPORT:

Aircraft: B772 N777TA
Total Block to block time: 6 hr 47 min

Total Fuel used: 91.800 lbs
Using live weather with AS2012
Times are ZULU

[DEN dep 1833 - HNL arr 0120] - FL360/380/400
Route: VOAXA Q134 DUGLE J58 OAK DCT BEBOP R464 BITTA
Dep: RW34L COORZ2
Arr: REEEF4 ILS RW08L

[CBreuer]

Wow Stefaan,

This really is a very nice looking aircraft and I can't hardly wait for it to arrive in my virtual hangar. But first I will finish the Cargo Dispatch with the MD-11F and the F1 race in Italy, before I will get her

[Snowboss]

Beautiful aircraft, Stefaan. Pretty hard to be PMDG, they seem to most always get it right! Thanks for sharing.

[Gatwicksteve]

Great report Stefaan, I'm shortly to fly the debut service for Tradewind Pacific's B788

Steve