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Originally Posted by Erik H. Bakke
Would seem to indicate that Boeing are not intending to offer any other B777 variants as freighters, so I just thought a model name of -200LRF would be more future-proof.
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Yeh, I thought about that too, but other than the -200LRF, what other 777 freighter would be worth building? There's no point in creating a 777-300ERF because the 747-8F fills that mission and then some.
So as cool as a 777-200LRF sounds, I don't think there will be any issue with abbreviating the aircraft to '777F' because there won't be any other 777 freighter model (except for a further update 777-200LRF if Boeing decides to go down that path to respond to the A350-1000 and -900F).
It's great to see the 777F in the Dreamliner livery... will this be a permanent thing for that aircraft with just an Air France tail, or will it be painted into AF colours prior to delivery (ala first 772LR for PA)?
I've read that the first 787 for ANA will remain in Dreamliner colours (bar the tail), so is this a new thing Boeing wants to do with new models/variants? If so, I like!
