Does Continental have the 777ER

It was deffinatly a 777 if the plane was the one shown on BBC.

just seen it on the news arriveing the the USA what ever version it is its a beast of an aircraft!!

An ACARS search shows up 2 Continental flights to Houston today both 777-200ERs – N77006 on the CO35 & N27015 on the CO5

I just watched it again on BBC news and it’s most definitely a 772, I must have imagined those raked wing tips but it does look like the plane has them? Must be the way the light is hitting the wing and flaps ???

Yeah I must mean the LR, either way what I’m getting at is whether or not the older 772ER’s have raked wing tips or not ?

I’m sure the shot will be on the news again all day as it’s a big story, maybe someone will see it and confirm what the type was ? Alternatively where I can look up what equipment was used on today’s Houston flight ?

No the ER version of the 200 does not have raked wingtips (the ER version of the 300 deos though, but thats because there was no previous ER until the inception of the 200LR/300ER programme). Anyway the wingspan on the 200 is identical to the 200ER.

Most of the US airliens have downloadable PDF timtables on their websites, in most cases they show the standard aircraft used, but that doesn’t mean that for some reason there wouldn’t have been a switch of aircraft to a 764 on the day. Alternatively, and most likely, knowing news reports, they didn’t want to hang about waiting for THE aircraft to depart, so instead they just take a random shot of an a/c.

I’m pretty sure it was just the standard 772 they always use on the route. Its probably an ER version (most 777s are) but I assume you do mean LR, which CO dont have.

Yeah I must mean the LR, either way what I’m getting at is whether or not the older 772ER’s have raked wing tips or not ?

I’m sure the shot will be on the news again all day as it’s a big story, maybe someone will see it and confirm what the type was ? Alternatively where I can look up what equipment was used on today’s Houston flight ?

Just watched some ITN news footage of the so called ‘Natwest 3’ flying out of Gatwick to face their fraud trial in the US…

The overhead footage showed a Continental airliner taking off and I assumed it was 777 but it clearly had raked wingtips found on the newer ER/LR series of the 772. Does CO have these newer types in the fleet or could I have been looking at a 767-400 taking off ?

Defo a 764 if you definately identified raked wingtips.

I’m pretty sure it was just the standard 772 they always use on the route. Its probably an ER version (most 777s are) but I assume you do mean LR, which CO dont have.