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  • Boeing Reveals Its Cargo Loader

    06/17/2006 4:46:58 AM PDT · by skeptoid · 31 replies · 1,427+ views
    SpeedNews ^ | June 16, 2006
    ***********BOEING REVEALS ITS CARGO LOADER ******************** Boeing has unveiled the first cargo loader to be used to transport large 787 Dreamliner assemblies. The loader, the longest in the world at 118 ft., 1 inch, was designed and built by TLD at its facility in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Boeing will use the equipment to load three specially modified 747-400s that will allow Boeing to transport major Dreamliner components by air. "Designing and building a cargo loader of this magnitude is a unique proposition," said Scott Strode, 787 vice president of Airplane Development and Production. "A robust transportation system is essential to meeting...