Thirty years after the first 777 flight, former Chief Test Pilot John Cashman shares his memories with current 777 Chief Pilot Ted Grady. Watch as he reminisces about the inaugural takeoff, and the dedication and teamwork that made it happen. ✈️
I have been fortunate to command the B747, B757, B767, B777 and B787 in various instructing/checking roles. The B777 is also very reliable, easy and great to fly! Job well done by Boeing by every team member. Looking forward to the B777-9(X). Good to honor everyone involved. Wish i could be on board of one of those test flights!
What a fine tribute to the 777 from John. He truly captured the synergy of the entire team that participated in that program and the teamwork that was required to make the 777 Boeings' most successful flight test program. Working with John Cashman on the 777 was one of my proudest career moments.
Great story during the 30th Anniversary year of the 777. It was a pleasure to watch two professionals that I actively work with at Boeing to tell this story, I fully expect the 777X / 777-9 to carry on the great legacy that was started when the 777 was first certified. It truly is an amazing aircraft.
Couldn’t agree more: the 777 it’s a pleasure to fly and it really makes you spoiled as a pilot.
We are hearing so much in the news regarding the quality issues and alleged culture failures at Boeing, from issues with its 737-Max program and of course with the StarLiner spacecraft being evaluated n in order to ensure our astronauts in space are able to return safely. Reflecting on the successful longevity of the triple-7, as well as other successful Boeing programs of the past, are there possibly generational elements with respect to work ethic and (low) employee engagement that many businesses are experiencing today that are manifesting themselves in these unfortunate safety failures and events that are seemingly becoming more apparent in the aviation industry? Food for thought.
Proud to be a part of the history of building this great aircraft.
Two of the greats!
John was my Instrument Rating instructor. Amazing to have access to such talent.
My first engineering job was at Pratt & Whitney working on the PW4000 series engines for the 777 launch customer. Good times - still have my patch.
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1moI have the opportunity to be directly involved with several flight test programs at Boeing. The 777 program is still the best one I have been associated with. Form certification to 1000 cycle ETOPs validation. It was a team effort. Important to note who was at the helm of the company then. With great leadership, great things can happen.