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Boeing 787 reached 25 per cent release milestone

Washington, Usa - The model is scheduled for delivery beginning in 2008

Boeing announced last Sunday that it has reached a major milestone in the design of the all-new 787 Dreamliner. The team has completed 25 percent of the releases required for the program. This means that one quarter of the pieces of information to build parts and tools for assembly have been completed and released to manufacturing organizations for fabrication or procurement. Releases are the formal...

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Rome, Italy, 05/23/2006 18:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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