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Expo 54: Boeing— Everett
Preface
Under the roof of the world's largest building by volume, the longest plane in the world has just rolled off the assembly line. Monocle travelled to Washington to check on its progress.
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01The nose of a passenger aircraft version of Boeing 747-8
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02Tracy Strieby who works on the plane interiors
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03Men at work on the 747-8
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04Shad Talbot (left) and Son Ho ride bikes through the Boeing facility
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05Bruce Dickinson, 747-8 vice president and chief project engineer
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06The vast hangar where the plane is put together
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07The back portion of the aircraft is set into place for joining
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08The front and middle sections of the 747-8
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09The tailplane
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10The nose and cockpit
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11Landing gears await installation on a Boeing 747-8
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12Elizabeth Lund
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13Construction involves intricate work
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14Working on an engine
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15Working in the cockpit
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16A technician works on a GEnx-2B engine of a nearly completed 747-8 on the flight line
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17A Boeing 747-8 being completed for Lufthansa
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18Cockpit windows
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