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A sneak peek INSIDE the Boeing Factory, Seattle

If you’ve ever been to Everett, 45 minutes north of Seattle, and taken the Boeing Factory Tour you’ll know the biggest disappointment is that no cameras are allowed.

I don’t know about you, but if I don’t have my camera to record my presence in a place, I don’t feel like I’ve been there. Like a tree falling silently in a forest…

But read on!

Boeing Factory Everett
The doors are being repainted of the 35 metre high Boeing Factory, Everett, Washington. Two of these doors together are the size of an American football field

So it was with great surprise and delight that I found myself in a media group WITH PERMISSION TO TAKE PHOTOS for a walk on the factory floor (a tour also not available to the public) to see the new Dreamliner 787s being worked on through the production line inside this monstrosity of a building.

Boeing fuselage
The fuselage in pieces and on wheels. In fact everything is on wheels in here.
Boeing Factory office
The technicians “office” is right under the nose of the plane they’re working on
Boeing Factory tour Everett
I love the open plan office here! Clearly room for more employees 🙂
Dreamliner Diner
Each aircraft department has its own diner (Dreamliner Diner). There’s a company gym and dry cleaning service too!
Dreamliner wing
These 787 wings actually lift up during takeoff above the fuselage
Dreamliner lookout
I’m upstairs where the public come on tours overlooking the 787 Dreamliners on this side and 777s on the other. They spend 1 week at each of the 5 “stations”
Boeing factory 777
Looking at the 777 fuselages
Boeing Factory 777
This 777 is at the front and just about ready for painting
Boeing factory
And we’re just about ready to roll!

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