Assembling a Boeing 737
An evening pause: I might have posted this before, but who cares. Modern engineering and smart production management is always nice to watch.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
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Mr Z, how is the hat tip done on your site?
The most produced modern airliner ever, great aircraft!
It has been in production for over 50 years and still has orders.
http://www.b737.org.uk/production.htm
And disassembly of an aircraft. Rotting like a dead corpse in the African heat, to the benefit of the decomposers.
https://youtu.be/euMDJMf2AJY?t=54
LocalFluff, thought of this exact clip before I clicked the link!
C Cecil–
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If you ever get into the Seattle area, there is a nice tour of the Boeing manufacturing plant in Everett.
http://www.boeing.com/company/tours/
There are several other aviation related museums, including the Museum of Flight and a Paul Allen collection of airplanes.
Joe,
The 737 is a great aircraft and is still wildly popular. Your link says that Boeing is ramping up production to 57 per month in hopes of clearing out the backlog of 4,400 orders. That is a six and a half year backlog.
However, it is not the longest running production airplane. The C-130 was first flown in the mid 1950s, and the last I heard they are still building 6 per year. The C-130 is useful but not quite as popular as the 737.
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