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Boeing to paint the Charleston-assembled Dreamliners in Amarillo, Texas

Boeing (Chicago) has selected Leading Edge Aviation Services to paint the 787 Dreamliners assembled at Boeing’s new North Charleston, SC, final assembly and delivery facility.

Leading Edge will perform the work at its Amarillo, Texas facility where other wide-body airplanes are painted. The company, which specializes in commercial and military aircraft painting, will apply final paint and customer livery to all 787 Dreamliners delivered from the Boeing South Carolina facility.

As 787 Dreamliners complete final assembly and prepare for delivery, the airplanes will make the 1,250-mile (2,000-kilometer) flight from North Charleston to Amarillo to be painted. The airplanes will then return to South Carolina for final delivery to customers from around the world.

Production in the new South Carolina 787 Dreamliner facility is on schedule to begin mid-2011, with first delivery scheduled for 2012.

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Boeing reaches a milestone at the new 787 plant in Charleston

Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) yesterday (September 24) marked completion of the steel framework for its new 787 Dreamliner Final Assembly building with a special topping-out ceremony. The event was held in conjunction with BE&K/Turner, the design-builder of the facility.

The final piece of steel was put into place on the 1.1 million-square-foot (102,193 square meters) structure less than a year after theย November 2009ย groundbreaking. Approximately 18,000 tons of steel are used in the building.

Construction on the new facility is on schedule, with airplane production due to begin inย July 2011ย and the first delivery from Charleston in the first quarter os 2012. At full production rate, Boeing will assemble and deliver three 787s per month fromย South Carolinaย to customers around the world. The South Carolina Final Assembly facility will be one of only three in the world producing twin-aisle commercial jetliners.

Boeing to manufacture certain 787 interior parts in Charleston, SC

Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. Boeing is now using two Fairchild Dornier 328-300s (328JETs) (N411FJ and N419FJ) of FlightWorks as corporate transports. 328-300 N411FJ (msn 3166) taxies at Seattle (King County-Boeing Field).

Boeingย (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) announced today (May 3) that it has chosen South Carolinaย as the location for fabrication and assembly of airplane interior parts to supply the 787 Dreamliner final assembly and delivery site currently under construction inย North Charleston, SC.ย The company is reviewing potential sites for the new airplane interiors facility and anticipates making a final decision by midsummer.

The new facility,ย Boeingย Fabrication Interiors South Carolina, will be located near theย North Charlestonย final assembly and delivery site. As many as 150 employees will work at the new interiors facility, which will serve as an extension of the existing Interiors Responsibility Center inย Everett, WA., leveraging the opportunities of a single, integrated production system. This decision is part ofย Boeing’s plan announced in 2009 to provide an independent sourcing stream for 787 final assembly and delivery inย South Carolina. The close proximity of this new facility toย Boeing’sย Charlestonย site will help improve the efficiency of the final assembly and delivery process inย South Carolina.

Boeing breaks ground for new second 787 Dreamliner final assembly at CHS

Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) yesterday (November 21) broke ground on its new second final assembly plant for the 787 Dreamliner located at Charleston International Airport (CHS) located in North Charleston, SC.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Boeing-Breaks-Ground-on-prnews-4227616984.html?x=0&.v=1

CHS airport history:

www.chs-airport.com/aphist.htm

CHS Aerial View:

www.mapquest.com/maps/CHS#a/maps/l:Charleston+International+Airport

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