Boeing Factory
Today we visited the Boeing factory, where we saw the 747, 777, and 787 models under construction.
The first plane we saw was the 747. According to the tour guide, the 747 is Boeing's largest commercial plane, and takes an average of 107 days to build. There is not so much demand for this plan as for other planes like the 787, so it is produced much more slowly. There is a special model called the 747 DreamLifter, which is a huge fat plane that can carry a lot of stuff. In my opinion, it looks really funny.
The second and third plane we saw were the 777 and then the 787. They were both pretty cool planes, and the thing that amazed me the most was the fact that the factories churned out almost one plane every 3 days. If you know that they sell these planes for $225 million each, the revenue is HUGE! Also I liked how detailed the tour guide was, he explained how a lot of things worked in detail - for example, they needed the green covering on the planes to protect the aluminum from corrosion.
I had a really good time today at the tour!
The first plane we saw was the 747. According to the tour guide, the 747 is Boeing's largest commercial plane, and takes an average of 107 days to build. There is not so much demand for this plan as for other planes like the 787, so it is produced much more slowly. There is a special model called the 747 DreamLifter, which is a huge fat plane that can carry a lot of stuff. In my opinion, it looks really funny.
The second and third plane we saw were the 777 and then the 787. They were both pretty cool planes, and the thing that amazed me the most was the fact that the factories churned out almost one plane every 3 days. If you know that they sell these planes for $225 million each, the revenue is HUGE! Also I liked how detailed the tour guide was, he explained how a lot of things worked in detail - for example, they needed the green covering on the planes to protect the aluminum from corrosion.
I had a really good time today at the tour!
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