Alexis Fecteau

A few months back, Alexis Fecteau started a series of blogs to share some of the exciting news about Boeing and Boeing Business Jets. This blog will tackle Boeing’s 1.3 million-square-foot Composite Wing Center, and the largest airplane wing the company has ever produced. Image source: aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com Image source: ainonline.com Even before the Composite Wing Center was completed, preproduction parts came in along with the tools and equipment for the 777X. Around 130 mechanics were also present to test everything from the equipment to the prototype parts. Rounding up the manpower was the 170-person-strong office workforce. The Composite Wing Center is a designer, mechanic, and engineer’s dream with state-of-the-art tools and equipment all at the ready. This was, of course, all in place to create the 777X and the model’s wing, which is by all accounts, the longest wing Boeing has ever built. As such, the Composite Wing Center houses a lot of m...

Alexis Fecteau, the Director of Marketing for Boeing Business Jets, has huge respect for the storied history of Boeing, and believes that everyone in the aviation industry can pick up many valuable lessons from the different eras of the company. Image source: boeing.com Image source: privatefly.com In today’s blog, we look at one of the most successful jets Boeing created in the past 30 years, the 777. When the 777 program began in 1990, it had massive potential. It was United Airlines that first ordered the jet. Five years later, in June 1995, United’s first 777 took off in revenue service. That same month, Boeing started on the 777-300. In June 1998, Cathay Pacific was the first recipient of the jet. Smaller than the Jumbo Jet but larger than twin- and tri-jet airplanes, the 777 was an engineering feat on its own. It improved on things such as flight deck design, airfoil technology, as well as passenger experience. By 2014, nearly 25 years after the progr...