Boeing throws a treble
Designed to carry the main components of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for final assembly in
The Large Cargo Freighter, with a main-deck capacity of 1,845m3, is based on the cargo version of the 747-400 but can carry three times the volume.
Two Large Cargo Freighters are being built at Evergreen Aviation Technologies in
, with a third to follow later this year.
The current phase of the project involves building the forward fuselage, with the normal front end of the 747 swelling into the enlarged 'brow' of the plane, providing the extra space needed to transport the 787 fuselage, wing and wingbox sections.
The enlarged upper and rear fuselage, main cargo deck floor and the transition zone - the section that marries the new structure to the existing cockpit section - were all designed by the Boeing Design Centre in
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