737 MOCK-UP GOING BY RAIL TO LONG BEACH.Byline: Karen West Seattle Post-Intelligencer The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is one of two daily newspapers in Seattle, Washington, United States, the other being the Seattle Times. History The P-I, Seattle's first newspaper, was founded on December 10, 1863 as the Seattle Gazette As part of its preparations to establish a new assembly line in California, Boeing is sending by rail a mock-up mock·up also mock-up n. 1. A usually full-sized scale model of a structure, used for demonstration, study, or testing. 2. A layout of printed matter. fuselage section of its longest 737 aircraft from its factory in Wichita, Kan., to Long Beach, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an internal company memo to managers. While a final decision has not yet been made on the California assembly line, the experimental train trip is being conducted to make sure the 125-foot-long 737-900 fuselage isn't too big for the route and to determine how long the journey will take. ``Like any project of this scope, there are certain steps we need to take in order to prove the feasibility of the project and protect our ability to move ahead,'' Fred Mitchell Fred Mitchell may refer to
Boeing officials are hoping the ``simulated rail-car transfers,'' which will be made in the next few weeks, will help them decide whether it makes good business sense to create a new production line to build certain 737 models at its Douglas Products Division. Because it's a new model, another fuselage mock-up - a wooden shell of the aircraft's body section - also will be sent by rail to Boeing's Renton, Wash., factory, where the 737 and 757 airplanes are currently built. ``We want to make sure everything goes smoothly,'' Boeing spokesman Sean O'Donnell Sean O'Donnell (born October 13, 1971 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL. He won the Stanley Cup with the Ducks in 2007. Sean lives in Hermosa Beach, California, with his black lab, Buddy. said. Boeing also is preparing for the new line by clearing out an aircraft production bay now used to build MD-11 jets at the Long Beach factory. In addition, the company is upgrading the assembly area, installing electrical power supplies and appointing teams to head up 737 production work at the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, plant. Mitchell said a decision on the new assembly line will be made in mid-August. |
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