Boeing

Busy day today involving taking a hire hire to Everett to go on the Boeing Factory tour.

The driving is always a bit interesting to start. I reckon it took me about 30 miles to get used to driving on the right and just the way US roads work (especially the highways).

The tour was brief, but impressive. I got to see the 747-8, 777 and 787 production lines. The scale is bonkers, and I can't get my head around the fact that the 777 line is a moving line similar to how cars are assembled (true the line moves very slowly).

I was lucky and saw the brake test and then first flight of a 777-300 ER destined for Cathay Pacific. I also saw an Air Astana 767 take-off and then just as I was leaving another Cathay Pacific 777-300ER (B-KQH) take-off which may well have been its delivery flight.

 

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