n471wn From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1186 posts, RR: 1 Posted (1 year 9 months 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 10691 times:
Are all the newly built and "waiting for delivery" 787's stored in and around Everett? One unnamed source said that some were stored in Texas.....I know that 35 frames does take a lot of room---but Texas as a storage area?
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26727 posts, RR: 83 Reply 2, posted (1 year 9 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 10631 times:
Quoting n471wn (Thread starter): One unnamed source said that some were stored in Texas.....I know that 35 frames does take a lot of room---but Texas as a storage area?
To build on mdword1959's reply, Boeing has always planned to have the 787 and 747-8 test frames sent to Port San Antonio to have their testing equipment removed and be brought up to customer delivery specification. With PAE so busy with customer re-work, additional production frames are being sent to Port San Antonio to be prepared for customer delivery.
Not to nitpick, but the link you provided (thanks for that, BTW) lists the two aircraft as being at Lackland AFB in San Antonio and not SAT (San Antonio International). Is that accurate? If so I'm a bit surprised; I'd have expected the 2 787 frames to be at SAT for there's a lot of MRO work done there.
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26727 posts, RR: 83 Reply 4, posted (1 year 9 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 10409 times:
Quoting Western727 (Reply 3): Not to nitpick, but the link you provided (thanks for that, BTW) lists the two aircraft as being at Lackland AFB in San Antonio and not SAT (San Antonio International). Is that accurate?
Boeing facility is at Port San Antonio at Kelly Field (SKF). So it's in San Antonio, Texas, but not at San Antonio International (SAT).
On Thursday afternoon I finally snagged one (Royal Air Maroc) by the control tower and on Sunday morning, I shot three on taxiway A, which are all in the queue.
There are also a lot of 747-8Fs and a few 747-8is on taxiway A, by the control tower and on the Boeing ramp. I got good shots of several -8Fs on taxiway A on Sunday morning.
simpilot459 From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 137 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 9 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 9448 times:
Do you mean RWY 11/29? TWY A parallels Rwy 34L/16R and is the main taxiway for aircraft using that runway.
There are 32 787s around PAE, and about 20 747-8s
They shuffle around quite a bit, but there are usually 10 or so aircraft on RWY11/29, 6 at Kilo North (By Future of Flight), 3-4 on the ramp by the tower, 3-4 outside ATS Hangar 3 and 4-5 in ATS Hangar 3. The rest are on the Boeing ramp, in the factory/paint hangars, in San Antonio for work (2 787s and 3 or 4 747s) or flight testing out of BFI.
AA777223 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 1113 posts, RR: 7 Reply 12, posted (1 year 9 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 7358 times:
Quoting jbguller (Reply 9): Just out of curiousity, why is the JAL 787 painted in their old scheme???
Because God smiled down upon the aviation enthusiasts of the world, and said, "You deserve to see at least one of the beautiful 787s in the proper, attractive livery of JAL before all of their aircraft get transformed into the ugly color scheme that looks like a temporary wet lease. Enjoy, my children."
caetravlr From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 898 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (1 year 9 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 6557 times:
Just a quick add on question. When are we going to start seeing frames roll out at the Charleston facility? I'm guessing we'll see some "stored" there too once they start rolling off the line.
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7673mech From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 632 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (1 year 9 months 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 4476 times:
Quoting caetravlr (Reply 13): Just a quick add on question. When are we going to start seeing frames roll out at the Charleston facility? I'm guessing we'll see some "stored" there too once they start rolling off the line.
Funny you should ask - this from today's Seattle Times.
I would think that once the type certificate comes through - and since Charleston is just coming on line - there will not be too much storage. Just the typical needs of an active line.
alevik From Canada, joined Mar 2009, 806 posts, RR: 8 Reply 18, posted (1 year 9 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 3722 times:
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Quoting notaxonrotax (Reply 17): What's up with that apron?
Is that all muddy?
Is Boeing building something over there?
They could store a few more planes if they would finish off that apron, couldn't they?
One of the locals could probably update, but based on the Feb 15, 2011 photo date, maybe they held off pouring concrete over the winter, and perhaps it is complete now.
With concrete installation total installed cost at $2,000 or so per cubic meter if it was me, I'd only pour the sections where the wheels sat, not where the wings overlapped.
simpilot459 From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 137 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (1 year 9 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 3509 times:
Quoting alevik (Reply 18):
One of the locals could probably update, but based on the Feb 15, 2011 photo date, maybe they held off pouring concrete over the winter, and perhaps it is complete now.
It is still a rather new expansion of the airport. I believe Boeing is only leasing it temporarily. I think the county wants to expand the airport in that area. It hasn't changed any since that photo, except I there is grass growing now.
mdword1959 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (1 year 9 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 3239 times:
Quoting simpilot459 (Reply 19): I believe Boeing is only leasing it temporarily.
If assembly and deliveries of the 748 & 787 proceeed as planned over the next year, it's likely only the main Boeing Ramp area will be necessary to amply accommodate the normal tempo of production at Boeing-Everett.
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