The Boeing 777 is a family of long range wide body twin engine airliners built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It carries between 305 and 550 passengers and has a range from 5,600 to 8,870 nautical miles (10,400 to 16,400 km). The first flight of the 777 was on June 12, 1994. Distinguishing features of the 777 include the set of six wheels on each main landing gear, its perfectly circular fuselage cross section, and the blade-like rear tail cone. The Boeing 777 was first introduced on June 7, 1995 with United Airlines. Boeing 777-200 incorporates more advanced technologies than any other previous Boeing airliners and has been progressively developed into increasingly longer range developments. Boeing describes their 777 models using two characteristics: the first is the size of the fuselage affecting the number of passengers and the amount of cargo that can be carried. The second characteristic is the range. Boeing incorporates advanced technologies in the 777"s features including Honeywell LCD glass cockpit flight displays, fully digital fly-by-wire flight controls with emergency manual reversion, fully software-configurable avionics, electronic flightbag, use of composites, fiber optic avionics network and the largest, most powerful turbofan engines and the largest landing gear. The 777-200 was launched in October 1990 and was available in two versions, the basic 777-200 and 777-200IGW. It has been redesignated as the 777-200ER. The 777-200LR variant (Longer Range) is the world"s longest range commercial airplane and in 2000, was listed as one of the top 100 in Popular Science Magazine. The 777-200 was the initial A-market model. The first customer delivery was to United Airlines (FAA: N777UA) in May 1995. It is available with a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) from 505,000 to 545,000 pounds (229 to 247 tones) and range capability between 3,780 and 5,235 nautical miles (7,000 to 9,695 km). The 777 was the first commercial aircraft to be designed 100% by co