747-8 Freighter Body Is Joined
Credit: BOEING
With overhead cranes lifting fore and aft fuselages into place, the first 747-8 Freighter, RC501, went from a pair of bare wings last week to a joined airframe in the Building 40-22 assembly bay in Everett, Wash. Although the Airbus A380 is a larger passenger aircraft, the 747-8 is the longest...
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