Poseidon Earns Its Wings
Credit: BOEING
The first P-8A Poseidon is beginning to look like an airplane, with the joining of the wing assembly and fuselage on Boeing’s new final assembly line at the Renton, Wash., facility. Note the raked wingtips, which were substituted for the originally planned winglets, to save cost, prevent icing...
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