Posted on 05/12/2007 10:49:48 AM PDT by skeptoid
Piece by very large piece, Boeing's 787 is arriving at Boeing's Everett plant. The Large Cargo Freighter known as the Dreamlifter has delivered nearly all the major 787 sections. Final assembly of the first plane will begin soon, once the wings come from Japan and the rest of the fuselage arrives from South Carolina.
The latest Dreamlifter shipment came early Friday morning. The modified 747-400 carried the forward fuselage manufactured in Wichita, Kan., and the two aft fuselage sections manufactured by Vought in South Carolina.
The first 787 special delivery was April 24, when the Large Cargo Freighter arrived in Everett with the horizontal tail from Italy. The vertical fin came by truck soon after from Boeing's plant near Tacoma.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com ...
....The all-composite forward section -- known as section 41 and shown here wrapped in white -- is manufactured by Spirit AeroSystems at its facility in Wichita, Kan. The complex structure is 21 feet in diameter and 42 feet long. Its landing gear is installed.
Lots of links at the source.
AERO ping
Airbus...screwed up by a committee of bureaucrats.
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Always a pleasure to share aviation porn, and thanks for your post.
Super Guppy Learning Curve ..... September '65
I wonder where the next load is .... Wichita, South Carolina, Italy or Japan?
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