21st Century Jet - Making the Boeing 777 (PBS/BBC)

[alexgeo]

The best aviation special I have EVER seen. It's about 5 hours long...so make sure you have a weekend planned out ahead of time to watch it (It's hard to stop once you've started ).

Part 1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3551731641323350192#

Part 2

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2689883933125832007#

Part 3

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4398863593103878295#

Part 4

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1611649720115831349#

Part 5

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=245209640014350435#

Enjoy!

[garrettm30]

Thanks for posting. I have watched 4 of the 5 episodes and will probably watch the 5th tonight.

One of the interesting points was the scale of the 777. I knew it was pretty big, yet not quite as big as the 747. It is hard to get a sense of scale in X-Plane. They all appear to be about the same size in the virtual air. I often like to fly the x737, and I was interested when the program pointed out that the engine on the 777 is as wide as the fuselage of the 737. The tailplane of the 777 is almost the same span as the wingspan of the 737. I've always known the 737 wasn't as big as the others, but that put it into perspective!

[Jack Skieczius]

Very cool. thanks for posting these. i had no idea they had a 5 hour long video on this. wish they had one like this on the Dash 8s, but that's just wishful thinking.

i watched the first one, and i will have to put time aside to watch the rest.

thanks again.