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Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Rolls Out; Prepares for First Flight
Boeing Commercial News ^
| Aug. 17, 2006
Posted on 08/21/2006 11:19:34 AM PDT by skeptoid
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has rolled the first 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF) out of the hangar at Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport. The enormous airplane is the first of three specially modified jets that will be used to transport major assemblies for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
"This is one of the most unusual modifications Boeing has ever done," said Scott Strode, 787 vice president of Airplane Development and Production. "We've relied on the world's best talent to design and build the LCF and we can all be proud today to see it standing on the tarmac."
Ground testing is under way to prepare the LCF for its first flight. After initial flight testing in Taipei, the LCF will fly to Seattle to complete the flight test program. First flight and the ferry flight to Seattle are expected to occur by the end of August.
The modifications have been performed by Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT), a joint venture of EVA Air and General Electric and a part of Taiwan's Evergreen Group. The second airplane continues to be modified and will be completed this fall. The third airplane will begin modification next year. The first two LCFs enter service in 2007 to support the final assembly of the first Dreamliners.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 747400; 787dreamliner; boeing; lcf
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:19:36 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
To: skeptoid
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:22:24 AM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: skeptoid
Takes me back to the days of the pregnant guppie's.
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:22:41 AM PDT
by
snowman1
To: skeptoid
"We've relied on the world's best talent to design and build the LCF and we can all be proud today to see it standing on the tarmac." I'm sure they'll be all the prouder to see it take off and land safely.
To: the invisib1e hand
We do hope they designed it to fly, not just sit on a tarmac.
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:24:58 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: skeptoid
Looks like a flying version of one of these...
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:25:08 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
To: snowman1
Takes me back to the days of the pregnant guppie's.
The Super Guppy
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:25:23 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: Paleo Conservative
ping for your aviation ping list!
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:27:04 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Hey, look man, I didn't mean to shoot the son of a b!tch. The gun went off. I don't know why.)
To: skeptoid
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:27:27 AM PDT
by
LikeLight
To: skeptoid
To: BigBobber
Bet the tail section swing up..............
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:32:33 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.)
To: AxelPaulsenJr
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:33:29 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.)
To: skeptoid
You oughta put some ice on that, don't you think?
To: skeptoid
Looks like a flying condum!
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:33:53 AM PDT
by
aShepard
(Maybe the UN should donate UNICEF proceeds to the Gates Foundation, and fold!)
To: skeptoid
For those days when you don't feel quite so special...
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posted on
08/21/2006 11:34:39 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(I've had it with these &%#@* jihadis on these &%#@* planes!)
To: skeptoid
I told you not to save thedesign models of the shuttle main fuel tank and the 747 on the same hard drive.
damn XP
To: skeptoid
Looks like it'll hold a lot of rice.
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:16:43 PM PDT
by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
To: RSmithOpt
To: gridlock
I think July was the 70th anniversary of the Weinermobile.
I bet the food's better than the on LCF.
To: Ready4Freddy; skeptoid; COEXERJ145; microgood; liberallarry; cmsgop; shaggy eel; RayChuang88; ...
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