The Boeing Company is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. The Boeing plant is the largest building by volume in the world. In fact, it is so big you can see it in space. During World War II they built a temporary neighborhood on the plant to disguise the building from enemy planes that might fly overhead.Dena works on the 747 airplane. The 747 is the largest airplane in the Boeing fleet. They just started construction on the newest 747 model.
Here I am next to the wheel of the last manufactured 747-400. Production has already begun on the new model, 747-8.The Boeing plant is HUGE and there is so much activity going on there. It's so exciting!
Here are some interesting facts about the 747:
- The 747-400 wing measures 5,600 square feet, an area large enough to hold 45 medium-sized automobiles.
- The 747 fleet has logged more than 42 billion nautical miles, equivalent to 101,500 trips from the Earth to the moon and back.
- The 747 fleet has flown 3.5 billion people - the equivalent of more than half of the world's population.
