[skeptoid]

Go to the ever-informative Randy's Journal for more.

This was the first visit to Italy for the Dreamlifter, and the first delivery of 787 fuselage structures by Alenia. (Photo courtesy of Alenia Aeronautica

I wonder if this great blog will continue after Baseler retires the end of April?

[Mr. Jeeves]

Cool! USA! USA! Boeing's 787 will show the world just how inferior those European-made jetliners are!

Oh, wait... ;)

[skeptoid]

aero-ping

[rwgal]

Sort of looks like it is getting a giant suppository doesn't it?

Meadow Muffin

[Paleo Conservative]

Ping!

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[Paleo Conservative]

Has the Dreamlifter been certified yet. I read it was having problems with oscillations in the wing. The first deliveries were allowed on an experimental basis only.

[SamAdams76]

Do I understand this right? Did Boeing make a special plane (Dreamlifter) in order to travel to Italy to transport fuselage sections back to the USA to build planes here? Wouldn't it be easier to skip the special plane and just make the fuselage sections here?

[6AL-4V]

I understand how aluminum barrel sections are joined. How are composite barrel sections joined and sealed?