Air Canada Boeing B777 doing touch & go in London, ON (#1)

We were told that one of the new 777's that Air Canada bought was going to be coming in to London for touch and goes. We set up on the patio at the Katana Kafe and watched the show.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Airplane
• Boeing
• 777
• B777
• London
• Ontario
• Touch
• and
• Go
• Air
• Canada
• aviation

[Flyby215yyz]

This is quite literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the pilots, and likely for the people watching as well. When AC initially took the B777, the pilots needed to accomplish so much training, but the simulators were not fully ready yet. So the company allowed select pilots to take the plane and brush up on their skills. This will likely never happen again now that the simulators are fully online.

[GuyRolsch]

Thanks for the supplementary info. We were all wondering why when it was going on.

[bgclarke]

In the summer of 2007 my wife and I got to watch one of the AC 777 training flights from Montreal to Ottawa doing numerous touch and goes at Ottawa.

It's amazing that a plane so large can be so agile.

[burtonboy67]

i heard that when a 777 flies its wings bend so much u could put a wire from tip to tip and it would clear the fusalage...

[cinkmoot]

@burtonboy67

Wing Flex.....you'll be shocked at 787's then.

[CaptainCruise1]

Nice Aircraft great view

[canadiantimberwolf1]

With the boeing aircraft the wings are so well built that in a storm they could touch each other top of the plane and bottom and the fusalage could bend beyond its tolerances NOT snap off..These Beoing aircraft are built that good.

[Laucheehung]

beautiful plane :)

[darrenvox]

i agree such fun to see but i never got to see it land/take off...have to do with flight sim

[jmr604]

Wish I could go do some touch & goes in a 777. I do it on my computer but.. it doesn't cut it. lol