I think those Guppies might be going together in Taiwan. I
saw them (I think) about a year and a half ago on my way to Viet Nam/Thailand
etc.
John Barrett
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Subject: [LML] Photo text
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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