PilotsEYE: Seattle 777F

captures the production, pick up and delivery flight of a brand new Boeing 777F from Seattle to Frankfurt, Germany. It’s the most efficient and economical cargo plane of our time. The Boeing 777-“Freighter” combines the advantages of a short fuselage with the large wings of its passenger version, enabling a record breaking payload of over 100 tons for the first time on a twin jet aircraft. For three months bore witness to the birth of this newest “giant of the skies”: from its production to its sale to its ferry flight out of Seattle for the plane’s new home airport in Frankfurt, Germany. With additional information and commentary by both flight captains in regular flashbacks, this newest episode offers the rare opportunity to experience at first hand the most important waypoints on the flight path to a brand new plane: the D-ALFE, the fifth family member of Lufthansa’s growing Cargo Fleet.