Latest model of 747- Dash 8. Run away for a takeoff, blow.

This is just one of the

many disasters boeing will face in the making of the latest model.
Almost 40 years, jumbo as undisputed queen of the sky. Lose to airbus 380?
They will going to completely redesign the iconic plane in the worlds largest
building Boeing Megafactory. Everett. You could fit all of Disneyland inside and still
have space for parking. Its a sa\mall city. Americas coffee shop. Industrial bikes.
The size is overwhelming. Eleven storey high ceiling . method beneath (magnus) the
style of building, each has its own assigned space. Original jumbo jet. Dominance go
unchallenged for 40 years until in 2007 airbus A380- eclipsed her in size and
capacity, its double decked seating 550 passengers. Upturned in aerial industry ,
airlines are demanding more efficient planes. A380 fixed it. Old jumbo doesnt cut
anymore? With ___ and fuel costs and concerned for environment, shes become
expensive. The Boeing, instead of designing a new plane which would take a decade
and a m/billions of dollars, theyre going to give a radical make over to their old
favorite, a better and greener jumbo, the 747-8 will fly faster, travel a third of way
around the world without refueling and burn cleaner. The 747-8 is the right size
airplane for the market than a A380 But A380 is already flying so boeing has a lot
of catching ups to do. Innovative technology, 787 lend her innovative wing design to
747 and brand new engine. So shell name after her sister, 747-8. Borrowing
heritage.
Mid-1960s start. Demand for flight is taking off. Panam, by 1965 panam is desperate
for bigger and longer range jets. The president of panam ask the president of
boeing to build aircraft with a range of 5000 km, seat people 350, twice as many
people as any plane before . task to engineer Joe Sutter also known as the Father of
747. Put one airplane on top of another. Thought of double decker- and thats when
they conceived the a idea of wide airplane with two aisles. Legend says that Panam
said to Boeing that If you build it I buy it. 3.7 billion dollars in todays money.
Boeing accepts the challenge. One problem, they dont have factory large enough
to build 747 so in 1966 they start building the biggest megafactory. Incredibles.
They have a job to do, they know their job and they did it. 28 months 747. Brien
Wygle- Original 747 Test Pilot were not concern about our own safety because we
have job to do.
But in mid 60s world want a supersonic flight,can travel faster than the speed of
sound. Boeing, 50 passengers only. Supersonic dream proves to be an economic
dead end, its a gas gaslock?
Since 1968, boeing build over 1400 jumbo. 1100 trips to moon and back. In 43
years ,that hasnt change. Still making jumbo in factory without a robot inside. Paul
Nuyen. VP 747 cycle Manufacturing. Nothing is actually made here, everet is
simply a massive assembly room. Aircrafts seats from Germany, wing elementschina, flops form Australia. Needs more than 6M parts and critically they just here

just in time. JIT Manufacturing saves boeing a lot of money but its risky. Timing is
everything. Christi King, services director the key to our success is making sure
that parts that will actually stop the production system will never be short. 20M
dollar engine-JIT.
But have to keep for the 6M parts. Every part is electronically. Giving boeing an
instant assessment of whats gone where.
Wing- most important part of all. Largest, 4 3bedroom houses. Shape provides. 5o
tons of fuel = wingnwould carry. Each fastener is double checked manually. 440000
kilo jumbo. One problem, air form below the wing move to around to the top
reduces lifting cogenerate. Solution slanted the wing tip.the new design also creates
new challenges, the test flight result vibration called flutter. Fluter could bring the
plane down. Joe Sutter push wingtip a couple of degree.
747-8 use computer technology.
1968. design Upper deck.
Rear,middle, front. Grenn protective foil. Critical to make sure that nothing is left
behind.
Precision. Two trucks of the same speed. 76 meters long and 68 meter across.
Boeing face a financial mount down, came close to bankruptcy. Running the 747
program is a real challenge. Cut people- joe sutter. Reduce enginnering force. In
2008, machinist strike for 2 months. Almost 27,000 boeing workers to strike, boeing
workers wall off the job and strike at midnight. Each day cost boeing 100M dollars.
Force to delay delivery for 2 years. But their immediate concern is to finish. 12000m
of fuel-old. 20M dollar each. Quietest engine. Burning less fuel. Despite burning
buel, over 1000km/hr. just one of this engine create as much as 8 engines. Each
engine weighs 7 tons. 4 engines. Lot of electricity enough to power. Every circuit
needs to be checked. Use computers to send signals. Interior, new color, more
space and new lightning. Paint. Too much paint could harm.500 kilos-4yrs(typical)
Series of test flights. Test weight load across the plane, up and down, o gravity to
2G. water is use to distribute weight across the plane. Test for flutter, a stall-rises
too high. She survived manufacturing delays and dealines. For just 333M dollars,
brand new boeing 747-8. New jumbo, competition on the sky. Airplane for the next
20 yrs. Queen of the Skies.