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Boeing Makes History With First 787 Produced In South Carolina

July 11, 2012

Boeing made history a few weeks ago when it rolled out the first commercial airliner built outside of its manufacturing base in the Puget Sound region of Washington state: a 787 Dreamliner produced at its new final assembly plant in North Charleston, South Carolina. For the U.S. airframer, it was a breakthrough after a changed approach to manufacturing that has been far from straightforward and uncontentious.

Some 7,000 employees and visitors, many wearing Boeing-blue T-shirts, gathered under a brilliant sun in front of the massive final assembly building April 27 as a procession of speakers including South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh framed the moment. Dreamliner No. 46 emerged from the hangar in a cloud of manufactured smoke, the words “Made with pride in South Carolina” and the state symbol of a Palmetto tree and crescent stenciled near its nose. Weeks later, on May 23, employees assembled in the building to watch a live broadcast as the 787 took off from Charleston International Airport on its maiden flight.

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