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'Dreamlifter' aircraft

(AP)
Updated: 2007-05-21 07:34

The massive wings for the first Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' are unloaded from a super freighter 'Dreamlifter' aircraft after a flight from Japan, in this May 15, 2007 file photo, in Everett, Wash. When machinists start the final stages of assembling the first 787 Dreamliner, the din of pounding rivet guns won't echo through the factory as it does on production lines for Boeing Co.'s other jets. Instead of hundreds of panels of aluminum, the 787's major components are being built mostly or entirely of carbon-fiber composite materials that are essentially baked in giant pressure cookers, flown in from faraway factories, then fastened together.[AP]