Boeing 747-8F Photos and Movie

While the world watches Boeing’s struggle to get the much-delayed 787 Dreamliner assembled and off the ground, great progress has been made on another very cool Boeing product, the 747-8 Freighter. This plane is 18 feet longer than the already-massive 747-400, with an overall length of 250 feet.

I ran into a few cool links over the last few days and I need to close some browser tabs, so here goes:

• Randy’s Journal has a 2 minute time-lapse movie of the crucial FBJ, or final body join.

• The SeattlePI’s Aerospace News blog has had some short blog entries surrounding some amazing high resolution pictures (click on the small pictures, wait for download, ooh, ahh):

  • Two Sets of Wings.
  • Wing Attachment to Body.
  • Final Body Join.

By the way, Boeing folks, I’d love a special tour if you happen to read this!