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Boeing 747 Dreamlifter Achieves FAA Certification
Boeing.com ^ | June 04, 2007 | Staff

Posted on 06/05/2007 9:13:31 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative

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To: Ron/GA
could not find the pecs on it but sure is odd looking it aould appear ithey take the tail section off to load http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/photorelease/q1/070112a_lg.jpg


41 posted on 06/05/2007 11:25:56 AM PDT by Shots (Loose lips sink ships)
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To: Shots

just the link alone this should work

http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/photorelease/q1/070112a_lg.jpg


42 posted on 06/05/2007 11:29:00 AM PDT by Shots (Loose lips sink ships)
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To: irishtenor
You could probably get a couple thousand in if you pack them right.

Twenty Thousand if you use a wood chipper...

I don't know if I would want to be on an airplane with a couple thousand of my fellow human beings.

43 posted on 06/05/2007 11:32:53 AM PDT by gridlock (Fred Dalton Thompson will be the Next President of the United States)
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To: TalonDJ; LantzALot
The wings are the big thing that are mostly made over seas and those are shipped by boat from Japan.The wings are the big thing that are mostly made over seas and those are shipped by boat from Japan. This thing is more for moving fuselage parts from places like DFW to Seattle.

Incorrect.

Boeing flies the Center wing box from Japan to Charleston, SC. Boeing flies the wings from Japan to Everett.

They fly the horizontal stabilizer from Italy to Everett. They fly a couple of fuselage sections from Italy to Charleston.

The landing gear is flown from England to either Everett or Tulsa. They fly the front of the plane from Tulsa to Washington. (The movable leading edge goes from Tulsa to Washington by rail. )

Other Fuselage sections are made in Charleston and flown to Everett. (The passenger doors get to South Carolina by boat.)

The parts from Canada generally travel by rail, the tail fin is made locally and travels by road. I'm not sure how the Chinese and Korean parts travel.

What major fuselage parts are made in the Dallas area? While Vought is headquartered there, the Vought sections are put together in South Carolina.

44 posted on 06/05/2007 11:33:49 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: NavyCanDo
Sure. When developing new aircraft, you go to the FAA to get a waiver (don't remember the exact name of the document). The company shows the FAA they have done some due dilligence to ensure (as much as possible) safe flight. But at some point, you have to get air time to shake out the design.

Then once you've got it figured out, you go back to the FAA to get a certificate (for freight service, passenger service, etc).
45 posted on 06/05/2007 11:35:08 AM PDT by ChromeDome (Every person's death diminishes me. Some more than others.)
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To: Shots

The tail on the transporter is hinged. I believe it swings to the left if you are facing the same direction that the plane is.

The Russians sure do a good job in designing big planes, don’t they.


46 posted on 06/05/2007 11:35:37 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Paleo Conservative

Hmm. I see a new vomit comet for spacewalk training and science fiction movies.


47 posted on 06/05/2007 11:37:12 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living insult to islam since 1959.)
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To: PAR35

Well if it is hinged as you claim where is the tail section? A;so since when did Russians start designing 747 dreamlifters?


48 posted on 06/05/2007 11:43:41 AM PDT by Shots (Loose lips sink ships)
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To: SlowBoat407
Hmm. I see a new vomit comet for spacewalk training and science fiction movies.

I doubt it. It's not pressurized. It's more likely that motion picuture studios would rent space on the Zero-G 727.

http://www.astronomicaltours.net/ZeroG/index.html

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/weightlesswriter.html

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productfaqs/sku__ZG001

49 posted on 06/05/2007 11:50:17 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Shots; PAR35
Well if it is hinged as you claim where is the tail section? A;so since when did Russians start designing 747 dreamlifters?

They designed the conversion from 747-400 to 747-400LCF at Boeing's Moscow design center.

50 posted on 06/05/2007 11:52:22 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Shots
The hinged tail section is clearly visible in the picture at this site: http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/3379815/
51 posted on 06/05/2007 12:02:58 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Shots
<,i>A;so since when did Russians start designing 747 dreamlifters?

Boeing hired a bunch of Russian aircraft designers who wanted to work and would do it cheap. They set up a facility in Moscow. They are the folks who designed the aircraft being discussed, starting with an existing 747 airframe design.

It is my understanding that the Moscow design center does a lot of the work on the 747-8 design, as well.

52 posted on 06/05/2007 12:09:16 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Paleo Conservative

I know. It was just nasty though.


53 posted on 06/05/2007 12:40:43 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: gridlock

Woodchipper... cool.

I was thinking more like sardines, but I see where you are coming from.


54 posted on 06/05/2007 12:44:33 PM PDT by irishtenor (Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
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To: EscapedDutch
When I first saw that photo I thought it was Rosie O’Donnell’s new private plane...

Not big enough. Need this:


55 posted on 06/05/2007 12:48:27 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat; EscapedDutch
Not big enough. Need this:

No, you need this one. Just strap Rosie on the back instead of the Russia Space Shuttle.


56 posted on 06/05/2007 12:52:06 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative

Same plane.


57 posted on 06/05/2007 1:18:35 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: PAR35

Thanks yes I can see it clearly now. I guess that would also explain the aircraft color in the photo I used more then likely that was the primer coat and they took the photo as more of a demonstration model of how it would work in real life.


58 posted on 06/05/2007 2:33:25 PM PDT by Shots (Loose lips sink ships)
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To: antiRepublicrat
"When I first saw that photo I thought it was Rosie O’Donnell’s new private plane..."

I had to laugh when I read that , kind of makes one wonder if she has to purchase two seats each time she fly's?

59 posted on 06/05/2007 2:38:28 PM PDT by Shots (Loose lips sink ships)
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To: Shots

In the picture you linked to, you can see the top hinge, and if you look toward the bottom, you can see the inside of the swung out section.


60 posted on 06/05/2007 3:05:54 PM PDT by PAR35
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