Boeing Completes First 777X Flight in Everett, Wash.

After years of design, testing, set-backs to overcome and a few last-minute weather delays, Saturday was the day aviation saw the Boeing 777X take to the skies for the first time. Marking a new era for what has been a turbulent period in Boeing's history. N779XW, a 777-9 variant, took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash. at 10.00 a.m. local time and conducted a flight test lasting four hours and four minutes. Plans for the first flight were shelved…