【新闻】世界首架波音777退役亚利桑那州航空博物馆

爱飞者 · 发表于 2018-9-30 16:52:30

World's first Boeing 777 retires to Arizona air museum世界首架波音777退役亚利桑那州航空博物馆

Cathay Pacific and Boeing have donated the world's first-ever Boeing 777-200 airplane to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona.
国泰航空公司和波音公司已经将世界上第一架波音777—200飞机捐赠给亚利桑那州皮马航空航天博物馆。

The passenger plane retired in May after 18 years of flying with Cathay Pacific.
这架客机在与国泰航空飞行18年后于5月退休。

When the 777 was developed, Cathay Pacific was one of the airlines that offered design advice -- resulting in the 777's glass cockpit and fly-by-wire controls
当777开发出来时，国泰航空是提供设计建议的航空公司之一，对777的玻璃驾驶舱和电线飞行控制做出了贡献。

The airplane is being retired to Arizona's Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona, pictured here. This museum has been attracting visitors since 1976.
这架飞机正在亚利桑那州亚利桑那州的皮马航空航天博物馆退役。这座博物馆自1976以来一直吸引着游客。

The museum hosts 150 airplanes inside and another 150 outside.
博物馆内有150架飞机，另有150架在场外。

Visitors to Pima can book on a bus tour of the US government and military's 2,600-acre aircraft boneyard, pictured, where planes go at the end of their life.
前往皮马的游客可以预订美国政府和军方2600英亩”飞机骨场”的巴士之旅。

新闻详情：
(CNN) — It's 24 years old this year, but the Boeing 777 airplane is still going strong -- it's one of the aviation manufacturer's best-selling models and is used by airlines across the world.
But, after nearly quarter of a century of flying, the first 777 has made its final flight -- to an aerospace museum in Arizona, where it'll see out its retirement as a top travel attraction.
The prototype 777-200, call sign B-HNL, rolled off the production line in 1994, eventually entering commercial service for Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific airline in 2000.
Over the years it's clocked up 20,519 flights for Cathay. That's a whopping 49,687 hours of flying time.
The venerable airplane was taken out of service in May 2018 and, after Boeing and Cathay agreed on the donation, it touched down in Tucson on September 19 to begin its new life at the Pima Air & Space Museum.

（CNN）-今年已经24年了，但是波音777飞机仍然很强劲——它是这家航空制造商最畅销的型号之一，被世界各地的航空公司使用。

但是，在飞行了将近四分之一个世纪之后，第一架777已经完成了最后一次飞行——飞往亚利桑那州的航空航天博物馆，在那里，它将把退休视为一个顶级的旅游景点。

原型777—200，呼号B-HNL，于1994推出生产线，最终于2000进入香港国泰航空公司的商业服务。

这些年来，国泰航空公司共有20519次航班。这是49687小时的飞行时间。

这架尊贵的飞机于2018年5月停飞，在波音和国泰同意捐赠后，9月19日降落在图森，开始在皮马航空航天博物馆开始新生活。

Anouncing the deal, Boeing paid tribute to Cathay's role in developing the long-range airplane -- the world's largest twin-engine jet and one of the first to make use of fully digital fly-by-wire controls.
Cathay was one of the airlines that weighed in with design advice during the 777's development, alongside key international carriers including British Airways, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Qantas, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines and United Airlines.
"Cathay Pacific has been instrumental in the tremendous success of the 777 program," Boeing's Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Kevin McAllister said in a statement. "The airline contributed greatly to the airplane's original design and has been one of its biggest ambassadors ever since."

在宣布这项协议时，波音公司称赞国泰在发展远程飞机方面所发挥的作用，这是世界上最大的双引擎喷气式飞机，也是最早使用全数字电传飞行控制的飞机之一。

国泰航空公司是777年发展过程中参与设计建议的航空公司之一，与包括英国航空公司、全日空航空公司、美国航空公司、澳洲航空、英国航空公司、达美航空公司、日本航空公司和联合航空公司在内的主要国际航空公司一起。

波音商用飞机总裁兼首席执行官凯文·麦卡利斯特在一份声明中说：“国泰航空在777项目的巨大成功中发挥了重要作用。”这家航空公司为飞机的最初设计做出了巨大贡献，此后一直是其最大的大使之一。

Boeing is currently working on a new edition of the 777 -- the 777-9 is scheduled to take off by 2019. The 777 series is widely acclaimed for bridging the capacity difference between smaller jets and the likes of Boeing's 747 jumbo.
"Our 777-200 aircraft have served us exceptionally well over the last two decades, and as we progressively retire these over the months ahead, we eagerly look forward to welcoming the state-of-the art 777-9 aircraft into our fleet from 2021," says Cathay Pacific Chief Executive Officer Rupert Hogg.
Hogg said the original 777 "holds a very special place in the history of both our airline and that of commercial aviation."

波音公司目前正在研发777版的新版本——77—9号定于2019起飞。777系列被广泛赞誉，以弥合小型喷气式客机与波音747巨型客机之间的容量差异。

国泰航空首席执行官Rupert Hogg说：“我们的777—200架飞机在过去的20年里为我们提供了非常好的服务，随着我们在接下来的几个月里逐步退役，我们热切期待着从2021开始欢迎777飞机进入我们的舰队。”

Hogg说，原来的777“在我们的航空公司和商业航空的历史上占有非常特殊的地位。”

The Pima Air and Space Museum is an aviation buff's dream -- it hosts 150 airplanes inside and another 150 outdoors. This includes an original Wright Flyer as well as a 787 Dreamliner, plus military aircraft to boot.
Visitors to Pima can book on a bus tour of the US government and military's 2,600-acre aircraft boneyard, where planes go at the end of their life.

皮马航空航天博物馆是一个航空爱好者的梦想——它拥有150架飞机，另外150架飞机在户外。这包括一个原始的Wright Flyer，以及一个787梦幻客机，加上军用飞机开机。

前往皮马的游客可以预订美国政府和军方2600英亩飞机骨场的巴士之旅，这些飞机在他们生命的尽头飞往那里。

"We are thrilled to partner with Cathay on this donation to the museum as a way to share the remarkable story of the Boeing 777 for years to come," adds McAllister.
麦卡利斯特补充说：“我们很高兴与国泰合作捐赠给博物馆，以此来分享波音777未来几年的非凡故事。”

本篇文章转载至美国有线电视新闻网CNN Francesca Street, CNN • Updated 24th September 2018