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First engineering drawings of the new B-747-8

Seattle, USA - The aircraft will be ready within the 2009

Boeing published yesterday the first engineering drawings of the new B-747-8 launched last November and already ordered, in its cargo version, by Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines (see for details AVIONEWS). The drawings concern the body landing gear and the underwing engine fitting. Corky Towsend, chief project engineer, said that the works are going on according with the programme’s times and t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 138853
Rome, Italy, 04/06/2006 15:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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