See the source for photo gallery and check for more articles tomorrow and Thursday.
See the source for photo gallery and check for more articles tomorrow and Thursday.
Notice: They're building it in Japan.
More American manufacturing jobs lost.
aerospace ping
The original building where the famous Japanese Zero fighter plane of WW II was designed is visible from Mitsubishi's 787 wing composite plant in Nagoya, Japan. The fighter was produced in an area of the new plant where Mitsubishi will manufacture the composite wings of the 787. (June 27, 2006) James Wallace/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Maybe someday we'll see IED factories in Iraq turned into TV manufacturing plants!
From the graphic in the linked article, it looks like Japan and Italy are in charge of the plane's axis.
The international effort seems like a great idea from the standpoint of selling the finished product, and from the standpoint of building a lot of them -- both points are seen in this paragraph from the same article:
"Seeking to build 10 a month
"The scale of this undertaking is mind-boggling. Once the 787 enters service in May 2008 with All Nippon Airways of Japan, Boeing is looking at building as many as 10 or more per month. Boeing has never produced more than 80 to 85 widebody planes a year, and is talking with its partners to determine maximum production rates. Executives with the three Japanese companies said they should be able to meet demand without having to expand their existing 787 plants, some of which are not yet finished."
I'm impressed by the 747 Large Cargo Freighter, which will fly assembled fuselage sections from place to place....
