Boeing offers a <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boeing.com%2Fboeing%2Fcommercial%2Ftours%2Findex.page" target="_blank" target="_blank">public tour </a>of its assembly plant in Everett, Washington. It's the largest building in the world by volume, covering <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boeing.com%2Fboeing%2Fcommercial%2Ftours%2Fgw.page%3F" target="_blank" target="_blank">98.3 acres. About 110,000 visitors tour the factory every year</a>.
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Boeing offers a public tour of its assembly plant in Everett, Washington. It's the largest building in the world by volume, covering 98.3 acres. About 110,000 visitors tour the factory every year.
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The planes, like this 777 Worldliner, start with partially constructed fuselages, covered with a green, temporary protective coating.
Watching Boeing make giant airliners —
The planes, like this 777 Worldliner, start with partially constructed fuselages, covered with a green, temporary protective coating.
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The aircrafts' bodies are joined and their wings are attached. Boeing's 777 holds the nonstop long distance flight record of any commercial jetliner: 11,664 nautical miles (13,422 actual miles).
Watching Boeing make giant airliners —
The aircrafts' bodies are joined and their wings are attached. Boeing's 777 holds the nonstop long distance flight record of any commercial jetliner: 11,664 nautical miles (13,422 actual miles).
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Then, engines are attached to the wings. Airliners are able to fly long distances around the globe with only two engines thanks to gigantic, efficient power plants like the 777's <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geaviation.com%2Fengines%2Fcommercial%2Fge90%2Fge90-115b.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">GE90-115B</a>, described by Guinness as the world's most powerful commercial jet engine.
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Then, engines are attached to the wings. Airliners are able to fly long distances around the globe with only two engines thanks to gigantic, efficient power plants like the 777's GE90-115B, described by Guinness as the world's most powerful commercial jet engine.
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This 19,000-pound monster is so wide, Boeing says it's theoretically possible to fit the body of a Boeing 737 airliner through it.
Watching Boeing make giant airliners —
This 19,000-pound monster is so wide, Boeing says it's theoretically possible to fit the body of a Boeing 737 airliner through it.
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The plant also assembles the<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Finteractive%2F2013%2F05%2Ftravel%2F787-dreamliner%2F" target="_blank"> 787 Dreamliner</a>, which is lighter and more efficient thanks to <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boeing.com%2Fcommercial%2Faeromagazine%2Farticles%2Fqtr_4_06%2Farticle_04_2.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">carbon fiber reinforced plastic and other composite building materials</a>. Its oversized windows have no shades because they're electronically dimmable.
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The plant also assembles the 787 Dreamliner, which is lighter and more efficient thanks to carbon fiber reinforced plastic and other composite building materials. Its oversized windows have no shades because they're electronically dimmable.
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Large, pre-assembled portions of the Dreamliner are made in cities around the globe and flown to the Everett factory aboard a modified 747 called the Dreamlifter, which <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boeing.com%2Fboeing%2Fcommercial%2F787family%2Fdreamlifter_fact.page" target="_blank" target="_blank">Boeing says</a> can haul more cargo than any other aircraft in the world.
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Large, pre-assembled portions of the Dreamliner are made in cities around the globe and flown to the Everett factory aboard a modified 747 called the Dreamlifter, which Boeing says can haul more cargo than any other aircraft in the world.
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In 2013, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F11%2F21%2Ftravel%2Fkansas-cargo-plane-wrong-airport%2F" target="_blank">a Dreamlifter carrying a 787 fuselage landed without incident</a> at the wrong airport in Wichita, Kansas, on a runway a half mile shorter than it usually uses. Despite the shorter runway, the Dreamlifter was able to resume its journey the following day.
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In 2013, a Dreamlifter carrying a 787 fuselage landed without incident at the wrong airport in Wichita, Kansas, on a runway a half mile shorter than it usually uses. Despite the shorter runway, the Dreamlifter was able to resume its journey the following day.
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After assembly, painting and testing, Boeing rolls out its new planes for delivery to airlines around the world.
Delivery to airlines ... and your airport —
After assembly, painting and testing, Boeing rolls out its new planes for delivery to airlines around the world.
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