TECHNOLOGY Hybrid laminar flow control on vertical stabilizer smooths out airflow and reduces drag. EFFICIENCY The super-efficient composite wing will be the biggest airplane wing Boeing has ever made. said his team has drawn employees from across the company to have a good range of experience. But a number of engineers working on the 777X, like Trostle, also helped to bring the 777 to the world more than 20 years ago. Bruce Shull, an Associate Technical Fellow working on 777X fuselage design, has helped develop every version of the 777 flying today. “They have proved to be extremely valuable assets for our customers and the people they fly,” Shull said of the original 777. “I enjoy sharing all the innovative design features that the 777 program pioneered with our new engineers, while helping them add even more to the 777X.” That mixture of using both long-proven and new knowledge and technologies, Beezhold said, will result in a more efficient and advanced airplane that upholds the enviable reliability of its predecessor and meets customers’ needs. “We want to be able to build on the things that went well, learn from the things that didn’t go as well and then use those lessons on this airplane,” Beezhold said. “It’s exciting to build on the legacy of the 777 and take it into the future.” n eric.c.fetters-walp@boeing.com ILLUSTRATION: The 777X is scheduled to enter service in 2020. BOEING Frontiers March 2014 27
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