Boeing Dreamliner's front end gets finishing touches at Spirit AeroSystems

Seattle-Times ^ | 06/13/2008 | Dominic Gates

[Proud_USA_Republican]

WICHITA, Kan. — Almost a year ago in Everett, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner No. 1 rolled out with an impressive exterior but completely empty inside.

At the sprawling Spirit AeroSystems plant here Thursday, the cockpit door inside the 42-foot-long front section of Dreamliner No. 4 opened to reveal a finished flight deck.

Though it's only the front of the plane, it seemed almost ready for takeoff.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

"Try Hobrecht and Linda Boss install a glare shield Thursday in the cockpit of a Boeing 787 at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kan. With supply problems corrected, every front-end section Spirit works on will be delivered complete, managers say."

"Finished cockpit in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Spirit AeroSystems."

"Workmen install hardware Thursday onto the floor of the forward section of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kan. The company is responsible for the new jet's cockpit, forward fuselage and nose section."

[El Sordo]

Neat.

[SampleMan]

Where are the cup holders?

[Nick Danger]

[VOA]

bump

[Raymann]

I didn’t know Miranda class starships were built by Boeing :)

[TalonDJ]

That one is just getting fixed by Boeing. It seems there was some sort of ‘friendly fire’ incident or something. Very hush hush.

[SW6906]

Ping!

[Raymann]

Huh, I would have expected a bit more damage from having a Genesis devise explode on the bridge.

[MHalblaub]

That one is just getting fixed by Boeing. It seems there was some sort of ‘friendly fire’ incident or something. Very hush hush.

There was a “friendly worker” accident lately.asdf

“787 Fuselage Section Suffers Damage At Supplier”
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