Here is the text that came with the version of the Boeing photo I received last week or was it the beginning of this week.
Amid all the 787 roll-out hoopla, perhaps the coolest event went unnoticed. On Saturday night, Boeing had all of the 787 airline representatives at an event at the Museum of Flight . At 7:07 PM, an Omega Air Refueling Services 707 landed in front of the crowd (after taking off from Paine Field in
Everett ). At 7:17, an AirTran 717 landed. This continued until 8:17 when an Air France 777-300ER landed. In the end, the 707, 717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777 were lined up nose-to-tail on the taxiway. It is the first time Boeing has had every 7-series airplane in the same place (not counting the 787, which couldn't make the flight, of course). If you look at the left center of the picture you will see the 747 that has been modified (aka Super Guppy) to carry 787 fuselages from China? or wherever they are fabricated. I took one of one of them in olive drab on May 25th at Boeing Field. I think the person told me they were building five or six of them.
duane es39wg@comcast.net
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