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[Bill]

Everett, WA where they build the 747 was awarded the HQ for the 7E7, now if we could just land the factory too.

[KZ]

i heard they dont know where they are gonna build the 7e7 yet.

Krispy Kreme is pretty good stuff. One day i got 3 samples. You really have to limit it with them, they are addictive, and yes, we have the assembly thing.

[Whistler]

Yah no kidding. You will get fat fast eating those things. But they are sooo good. Fortunately, I have a high metabolism. ^_^

[CAski]

You are lucky. Mine is quite low, at least naturally, that is...

[floridaskier]

I only have them whn we go to the airport, because the Krispy Kreme store is right near PBI. Maybe 3 times a year.

[floridaskier]

The new Airbus A380- this thing is frickin huge. 555 seats in 3 classes, ans this is the base model. They plan on a stretch in a few years. Scheduled to take its first flight in about 2 years. Here's an A380 in Virgin Atlantic colors

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[SkiBachelor]

I thought they stopped working on that plane because there was a high stress level with it, but I guess not.

[Whistler]

WOW!

[floridaskier]

No, the A380 is being built right now.

[floridaskier]

There have already been 121 orders for the A380

Here's the first A380 nost section- just recently ocmpleted

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[Bill]

They haven't determined where the 7E7 will be built, but they have decided to HQ the production offices and such in Everett WA.

[floridaskier]

Maybe they could use the old 757 facilities for the new 7E7

[SilverFir]

Is the plane that nose section of the A380 came out of an Antonov.

[floridaskier]

No, it's the nose of the first A380, Airbus original, if thats what you mean

[SilverFir]

I was referring to the plane that the nose section came out.

[floridaskier]

Oh, OK. It's hard to tell from that picture. The plane could actually be the A380 itself, and th pic is them puttiong it on the plane

[Bill]

EVERETT - It's the news Everett and the entire region has been waiting for.

In a major economic boost for the region, and a badly needed morale boost for The Boeing Co.'s commercial jetliner work force here, the company's board of directors approved Everett as the final assembly site of the new jetliner Monday, according to our newspaper partner, the Seattle P-I.

As many as 3,000 Boeing employees on the 7E7 team are expected to crowd into the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in downtown Seattle today for the 2 p.m. announcement from Alan Mulally, head of Boeing's commercial jetliner business.

Mulally and Mike Bair, senior vice president of the 7E7 program, along with Harry Stonecipher, Boeing's new chief executive, were flying to Seattle from the company's headquarters in Chicago last night on a Boeing Business Jet after the board meeting, sources told the P-I.

[floridaskier]

Great! Now it's an official project.

[KZ]

cool

ive been to the plant in evrett, and boy is it a big one.

[floridaskier]

We have an Embraer office here- no idea why, but we do anyway. No factories here though