Boeing Factory Tour

Boeing Tour

We left Vancouver and headed back into the States, best thing – we didn't have to buy gas in Canada. We stopped in Everett for the Boeing factory tour. The assemble the 747, 767, 777, and 787 here in the largest building by volume in the states. Big enough to hold Disneyland inside. For me the biggest surprise was the multiple platforms they use to assemble the planes. For the 747 and 767, they assemble the cockpit at one station, wings and stabilizers at other stations and then assemble them all together in four stations on the other side of the building. The 777 and 787 have their major parts flown in from elsewhere and then are assembled here. The tour guides are good and they really sell the Boeing culture and product. Now if I only had $97 million to buy a 737 (the seats and engines are extra).

737s all in a row

Tonight we're at the Kent KOA halfway between Seattle and Tacoma. The location proved ideal.