CANADA
Landing-gear doors
USA
Nose cone
Rear fuselage
Vertical fin
SWEDEN
Cargo doors
FRANCE
Passenger doors
Landing-gear parts
HOW FAR
DOES IT GO?
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner: 15,200km (London to Perth)
Boeing 737-700: 6,370km
(Oslo to New York)
Boeing 747-400ER: 14,297km
MAXIMUM WEIGHT
AT TAKE-OFF
BOEING 787-8
DREAMLINER:
227,900KG
BOEING
777-300ER:
351,535KG
BOEING
747-8I:
439,985KG
300
MAXIMUM NUMBER
OF PASSENGERS
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need to know about the Boeing 787
Dreamliner-ology
CARBON FIBRE
COMPOSITES MAKE
UP THE BODY OF
THE PLANE
ITS CRUISING
SPEED – OR
903KPH
STAFF WORK
AT BOEING’S
EVERETT FACTORY
EVERY DAY
50%
1
1
2
2
4
Mach 0.85
6
8
7
9
15
16
15
15
11
12
13
3
5
14
10
5
Length: 57m
Wing span: 60m
Where the
parts are
from...
JAPAN
Wing boxes
Fixed trailing edges
Mid-fuselage section
ITALY
Mid-fuselage sections
Horizontal stabilisers
SOUTH KOREA
Wing tips
Tail cone
CHINA
Tail rudder
Tail leading edge
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
30,000
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