First Look at 787 Reveals Surprises

Credit: MICHAEL MECHAM/AW&ST
Several distinctive external features of the 787 were clearly visible for the first time at rollout, including a protruding keel beam, larger air scoops, smaller flight control and flap surface actuators, as well as the smooth butt joints between the adjacent one-piece composite fuselage barrel...

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