Monday, May 21, 2007

Boeing starts assembly of 787 Dreamliner

(Reuters) - In building the company's first all-new plane in more than a decade, Boeing has changed everything from what materials it uses to how it constructs the 787, which is slated for its first test flight in late August and delivery next May.




Boeing has outsourced most of the 787's manufacturing to firms in Japan, Italy, South Carolina and elsewhere, while the company itself is concentrating on putting the plane together at its cavernous main facility in Everett, near Seattle.


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