B-HNL

B-HNL
B-HNL approaching Hong Kong International Airport on 4 August 2011
General information
Type	Boeing 777-267
Manufacturer	Boeing
Registration	B-HNL N7771 (former)
Flights	20519
Total hours	49687
History
Manufactured	9 April 1994
First flight	12 June 1994
In service	1994–2018
Last flight	18 September 2018
Preserved at	Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, United States
Fate	On display

B-HNL is a Boeing 777-200 aircraft that was built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as the prototype of the 777. It rolled off the assembly line, originally registered as N7771, on 9 April 1994 and first flew on 12 June. It then spent 11 months in flight testing and certification and on 19 April 1995, the aircraft type was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) with United Airlines being its launch customer.^[1] Boeing then delivered the aircraft to Cathay Pacific in 2000, re-registered as B-HNL. It was retired 18 years later, performing its final flight on 18 September 2018 to the Pima Air & Space Museum where it was placed on static display.^[2] The Boeing 777 is the world's largest twin-engine jet and the first of two Boeing aircraft to feature fly-by-wire flight controls, followed by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.^[3][4]