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The Last 747

19 images Created 30 Jan 2023

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  • The giant nose section of the final 747 sticks up from beneath a deck before it is craned into position for during the final body join. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Giant nose section
  • Two employees on scissor lifts sandwich the newly lowered nose section of the final 747 before it is joined to the wing section during the final body join.  (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Sandwich the nose section
  • A Boeing employee claps after fuselage section 44 was slowly lowered into place by crane over the wing box assembly during the wing-body join, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Everett, Wash.
    Wing body join
  • The final 747 aircraft towers above the Boeing Freeway after it is rolled out of the assembly bay for the first time at Boeing’s Everett factory on Dec. 6. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Towering above the freeway
  • A view from the tail looking forward through the lower cargo deck of the final 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Lower cargo deck
  • Signs at a passenger entry door alert employees to open floor boards during assembly. Within, stairs lead to the upper deck on the final 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Safety first
  • Snakes of electrical wiring wind their way through the cargo hold of the final 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Electrical wiring
  • The nose section of the final 747 sails — with the help of two massive overhead cranes — above its wings and center fuselage during final body join. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Nose above the wings
  • The very last new Boeing 747 taxis past a row of unfinished 777X aircraft Jan. 10 at Everett’s Paine Field as it gets ready for a test flight. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Last test flight
  • Gary Bowers, who helps oversee functional tests of the 747 engine and landing gear, walks past engine No. 3 as he and other employees work to hang it on the wing on Nov. 8. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Walking past Engine No. 3
  • In September, a worker in special orange gloves and hard hat signals adjustments to the overhead crane operator as the aft fuselage section slowly descends into place behind the wings during final body join in Everett of the last 747 ever built. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Overhead crane adjustment
  • Jeff Miller, who helps oversee functional tests of the 747 engine and landing gear, lines up engine No. 3 with the mount on the final new 747 as he slowly drives it into place under the giant wing.  (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Lining up Engine No. 3
  • Jeff Miller readies the mount before engine No. 3 is moved into place on the final new 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Engine No. 3
  • The sun sets on an era of aviation manufacturing as the very last Boeing 747 lands at Paine Field after a Jan. 10 test flight. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Sun sets on last test flight
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