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  • Pio Fitzgerald fell in love with the 747 as a little kid. He eventually earned his pilot’s license, an aeronautical engineering degree, a master’s and a Ph.D. In 2011, he was named Engineer of the Year at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    2011 Boeing Engineer of the Year
  • A Boeing 767 arrives at Boeing Field ferrying parcels for UPS. <br />
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Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times
    Boeing 767 for UPS
  • A new Boeing 787-9, undergoing testing, is parked at Boeing Field in Seattle. Mt. Rainier looms in the distance.<br />
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Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times
    New Boeing 787-9
  • This year’s debut of the 737 MAX brought increased production at the Renton plant, but Boeing’s total workforce in the state has shrunk. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Boeing jet count climbs
  • The world has shrunk, and in no small measure because of Boeing. The company helped early Seattle by firing up its economic engine, shaping its politics and laying the foundation for a strong middle class. Now, having become a global player and facing competition more fierce than it has ever been, the aerospace titan is looking literally around the world for cheaper labor and willing partners.  And we are left to question both our relationship with the company and, to some degree, our very identity as a region. <br />
Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times
    Boeing Jet City
  • Unfinished Boeing 737 aircraft were parked outside the factory at the south end of Lake Washington in May. Boeing said Wednesday it is making progress in recovering its scheduled pace of deliveries. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Boeing aerial
  • Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times
    Grounded Boeing 737 MAX planes
  • Boeing's number three 787 takes off from Boeing Field for a test flight. Mt Rainier looms in the distance as the 787 takes off. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times, 2010)
    787 test flight
  • Boeing's 757 ecoDemonstrator sitting in a hanger at Boeing Field. The Boeing ecoDemonstrator Program is focused on accelerating the testing, refinement and completion of new technologies to improve aviation's environmental performance. <br />
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Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times
    757 ecoDemonstrator
  • Boeing's first 727, which took its first flight in 1963, taking its final flight from Paine Field in Everett to Boeing Field. The plane was operated by United Airlines for 27 years until 1991. The airline donated the plane to the Museum of Flight.<br />
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Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times
    Final Take Off
  • 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
  • Johnny Patchamatla retired at the end of 2022 after 21 years at Boeing. His father, an immigrant from India, designed components of the original 747 flight deck. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times)
    It's a family affair
  • This billboard was displayed in the early 1970s during a recession that saw Boeing lay off about 70,000 workers. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1971)
    Sign of the times
  • 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
  • A small private jet has a landing with a spectacular view of Mt. Rainier at Boeing Field. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    Landing with a view
  • 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
  • Technical Fellow Darrell Marmion recently retired from Boeing after almost 36 years. He worked on about 800 747s. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    ‘I’m retiring with my airplane’
  • A 787 instrument panel flight simulator shows the plane taking off from Boeing Field in Seattle. Mount Rainier is in the background. This simulator is at Boeing Systems Labs in Seattle. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Flight simulator 787 instrument panel
  • Quality production manager Thuylinh Pham was a child when she immigrated to the United States on a 747 aircraft. Now several of her family members work at Boeing. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    It's a family affair
  • 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
  • Boeing leased the plane to perform tests under its EcoDemonstrator program, which researches technologies that can improve the environmental performance of Boeing’s jets. <br />
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Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times
    757 Headed for Recycling Program
  • The shell of the 757 is resting on crates at Boeing’s facility in Moses Lake. <br />
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Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times
    757 ecoDemonstrator demolition
  • A DC-9 used for battling wildfires takes off during the demolition of the 757 on Wednesday. Boeing’s facility is on the east side of the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake. <br />
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Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times
    757 Demolition Scene
  • The wheels of the Boeing 757 are stacked on crates and saved for resale at the Moses Lake Airport. <br />
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Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times
    Giant Wheels
  • An All Nippon Airways 787 takes off from Paine Field in Everett. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    787 take off
  • 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
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  • Kelvin Anderson, left, and his son Vic take in the view from a deck overlooking the very last 747 (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Taking in the view
  • Sherri Mui was team lead on the completion of the 747 cargo and air conditioning bays, a job that is physically challenging. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Challenge accepted
  • Senior cargo engineer Darrin Noe says the 747’s vast size and unique nose door mean it can carry everything from sturdy drilling rigs and military vehicles to high-value Maseratis and race horses. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Senior cargo engineer
  • 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
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  • 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 view from the tail looking forward through the lower cargo deck of the final 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Lower cargo deck
  • 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
  • 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
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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
  • Vic Anderson, left, and his father, Kelvin, walk across the factory floor past the very last 747. Vic was the team lead on assembly of the 747 center fuselage and final body join, and his father is an “Incredible,” part of the crew that built the very first 747 in the late 1960s. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Like father like son
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Snakes of electrical wiring wind their way through the cargo hold of the final 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Electrical wiring
  • Students flocked to a walkway at the University of Washington campus leading down to Drumheller Fountain after Ellen DeGeneres tweeted they might appear on her show Monday, April 17, 2014. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Ellen DeGeneres show visits UW
  • A portion of the 757 as it is shredded in Moses Lake to be recycled. <br />
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Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times
    Front end of 757 demolition
  • The ecoDemonstrator 757 airplane, originally built for United The 25-year-old 757 is being torn apart for recycling after it moved from its airline life into a vehicle for tests to improve the environmental performance. <br />
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Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times
    New life for 757
  • Wires from the 757 are put aside for recycling as the rest of the plane is being torn apart. <br />
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Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times
    Wire for Recycling
  • Unfinished Boeing 787s are parked on one of three runways at the Snohomish County Airport in Everett, Jan. 23, 2013. Runway 11/29 is marked with a giant “X” at both ends indicating that it is closed. The giant flashing “X” can be seen from miles away and is turned on 24/7 to warn incoming aircraft that this runway is unavailable. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Unfinished Boeing 787s parked
  • Delta employees, SkyMiles customers and Boeing employees who worked on the 747-400 program, attend a ceremony at the Future of Flight Museum in Everett to honor the airplane that rolled out of the 747 factory in Everett on Sept. 13, 1999. This Delta Air Lines 747 will retire by year end [2017] and is on a farewell tour of the country. The 747 is seen through some giant windows in the background. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)
    Delta Boeing 747 farewell tour
  • Modern-era hydroplanes use enclosed cockpits to protect the pilots in case of crashes. The cockpit of this Boeing hydro came from an F-16 aircraft. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Boeing hydro
  • A Delta Air Lines 747 that will retire by year end [2017], one of the last of these jumbo jets to fly for a U.S. carrier, visits its birthplace, Everett, on a farewell tour of the country. The jumbo jet lands at Paine Field on a wet and rainy morning. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)
    Delta Boeing 747 farewell tour
  • A Delta Air Lines 747 that will retire by year end [2017], one of the last of these jumbo jets to fly for a U.S. carrier, visits its Everett birthplace on a farewell tour. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)
    Delta Boeing 747 farewell tour
  • A member of the crew aboard a chartered Delta Boeing 767-300 carrying the Seattle Seahawks waves the 12th Man flag as it taxiied into a hangar at Newark Liberty International Airport at approximately 7:30pm EST on Sunday January 26, 2014 in Newark, N.J. (John Lok / The Seattle Times)
    Flagging the arrival
  • The Flying Fortress- a Boeing-built B-17 World War II bomber- returned to Seattle and its new home as the centerpiece of the Museum of Flight. The plane, manufactured by Boeing in Seattle and one of 2,300 Model-F bombers built for service in Europe, arrived on June 20, 1985, at King County Airport after a flight from Mesa, Ariz., where it was acquired for the museum by Robert "Swage" Richardson, a Ballard businessman. (Barry Wong / The Seattle Times, 1985)
    The Flying Fortress
  • "Sonic Bloom," solar-powered flower sculptures by artist Dan Corson, light up in front of the Boeing IMAX Theater at the Pacific Science Center in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)
    Solar-powered "Sonic Boom"
  • The 1957 Miss Wahoo belonged to Bill Boeing Jr. With its wooden finish, it stands as the most elegant in the collection. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Miss Yahoo
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