![]() ![]() In February 2011, Boeing announced that some 787 work was being moved to a plant in North Charleston, South Carolina in order to relieve overcrowding of 787s at Everett caused by large volumes of 787 orders. The current passenger variants in production, are capable of carrying 242–290 passengers in a typical two-class configuration, have a range of 7,355–7,635 nmi (8,464–8,786 mi 13,621–14,140 km) and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85 (562 mph, 902 km/h, 487 kn). The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a mid-size, wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner. Main article: Boeing 787 Dreamliner Jetstar's first 787 being built. Following Boeing’s decision to shutter the 787 production line in Everett and consolidate 787 production in South Carolina, the lease on the Dreamlifter Operations Center was transferred to FedEx for use as a cargo base. Opening in October 2013, the 17-acre (69,000 m 2) base, called the Dreamlifter Operations Center, was funded by Snohomish County with $35 million in bonds it is owned by the county via the airport, with Boeing originally leasing the site and servicing the bonds. ![]() To accommodate the Dreamlifter, a converted 747-400 which delivered 787 sections to the plant, a base was constructed on the western edge of Paine Field's runway. The Boeing Everett campus is big enough to contain Disneyland with 12 acres (4.9 ha) left over for parking. Across the airport to the west is The Boeing Store, a theater, and the Future of Flight Aviation Center, which runs the factory tour and has a gift shop, café, and other food options. As of 2020 over 150,000 people come each year to visit the factory, which employs over 30,000 people and has its own fire department, security team, daycare, gym, Boeing Employees' Credit Union branch, coffee shop, and several cafés. īoeing began offering factory tours with the first rollout of the 747 in 1968. The factory was officially opened on May 1, 1967, four months after the first workers had arrived to start construction of the 747. The company purchased 780 acres (320 ha) north of the then little-used Paine Field, which was operated by the U.S. In 1966, plans for a factory in the area for the construction of the 747 were first announced after Boeing was awarded a contract worth US$525 million (equivalent to $4.7 billion in 2022) from Pan American World Airways to build 25 of the aircraft. The factory was built in 1967 for the Boeing 747 and has since been expanded several times to accommodate new airliners, including the 767, 777, and 787 programs.īoeing has had a presence in Everett since 1943. The entire complex spans both sides of State Route 526 (named the Boeing Freeway). It sits at the northeast corner of Paine Field and includes the largest building in the world by volume at 13,385,378 m 3 (472,370,319 cu ft) and covers 98.7 acres (39.9 ha). The Boeing Everett Factory is an airplane assembly facility built by Boeing in Everett, Washington, United States. ![]() The newest photos are similar, but instead of focusing principally on landscaping, he started looking at other things that add a bit of human touch like basketball hoops or break tables out by the parking lots.47★5′32″N 122☁6′19″W / 47.92556°N 122.27194°W / 47.92556 -122.27194 ( Boeing Everett Factory)ġ3,385,378 cubic metres (472,700,200 cu ft), See List of largest buildings He stopped shooting industrial buildings and landscaping in 2009 but started up again this year because he has a new show at the Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles that runs through December 21. "I usually had to come back several times because I wanted a very flat, two-dimensional light that would match the flatness of the buildings," he says. ![]() He says it took a lot of driving around and patience to find the kind of locations and light that give the project uniformity. “It's something that repels you and pulls you in at the same time."įitts started the project in 2003 and while it looks like all the photos could be from Southern California, he says they were actually shot all over the country. "I guess I’ve always been fascinated by the bleakness of the architecture,” he says. They really started to catch his eye when he moved to Southern California to go to college. Fitts says he started paying attention to industrial parks when he would skate through them as a teenager growing up in Colorado Springs. ![]()
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