The major assemblies for the first Boeing 747-8 Freighter are now fully on display at the company's large-airplane factory in Everett, Wash., where aircraft passed the fuselage-wing join milestone last week.rnThe company revamped its 747-400 assembly line in Building 40-22 before starting construction of the initial test aircraft, RC501, for the third generation of the venerable jumbo jet, which also has long been the industry's most widely used long-haul freighter. The 747-8 gains new General Electric GEnx engines, a new wing, stretched fuselage, revised empennage, new landing gear and updated systems.
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