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I believe the Museum of Flight in Seattle has had the original production 747 for some time. https://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/boeing-747-121 https://www
by evo 4y ago
I believe the Museum of Flight in Seattle has had the original production 747 for some time.
https://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/boeing-747-121 https://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/boeing-747-121
- lph 4y agoIndeed they do, the "City of Everett". You can walk around inside. Boeing used it as a test bed for various experiments. The Museum of Flight is really a gem. Boeing used to offer tours of the 747 factory. It's immense. I wonder if they're spinning up a different manufacturing line in that building?
- travisgriggs 4y agoWhen I went through 20 years ago, it laid claim to “largest building in the world by volume.” Not sure if it’s retained that title, but the inside is just insanely vast.
- sitkack 4y agoI knew a couple of people that had old bicycles from that plant. I'd love to own a Boeing bike.
- buildsjets 4y agoThis antique store had one on the floor, at least a few weeks ago. https://second-chance-antiques-furniture.business.site https://second-chance-antiques-furniture.business.site
- dotancohen 4y agoIf I recall correctly, that building was so vast that they had trouble controlling the weather inside on a few occasions. Trouble as in, clouds were forming and rain was falling. May that's just myth, but I like that myth enough to not google it.
- gcanyon 4y agoStill is, according to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_buildings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_buildings Amazing to me that a building over half a century old is still the largest in the world.
- jstimpfle 4y agoThey claimed this when I visited in 2019 as well.
- briffle 4y agoSouth of Portland is the evergreen air and space museum. They have the spruce goose in there, it's huge. The water park next door has an old 747 mounted on the roof, and I'd the start of 6 water slides. https://www.wingsandwaveswaterpark.com/ https://www.wingsandwaveswaterpark.com/
- dclowd9901 4y agoThat place is cool! Such a weird spot to put such famous flying craft but damned if it isn’t worth the drive.
- pinot 4y agoEvergreen Air’s empire was/is based in McMinnville.
- rob74 4y agoAccording to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Everett_Factory#Current_production_aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Everett_Factory#Current...), they are left with just the 767 (currently only available as a cargo or military tanker plane) and 777. 787 production was moved completely to the (non-unionized and reputedly lower-quality) South Carolina plant in 2021.
- devoutsalsa 4y agoI went in that tour about 5 years ago. It was fun. Would recommend.