Thursday, October 14, 2010

Boeing Boeing Bong

Last week I visited the Boeing Factory up at Everett , 30 miles north of Seattle.
Ever since I used to go through the round window on Playschool I've loved factories.
Everyone needs to stop and think how things are made.
Up at Boeing they produce the most complicated piece of consumer machinery know to man - a 747 has 6 million different components.( I say 'consumer' as if you have a few $100 million to blow they would love to hear from you)
The tour was hardcore about no photos so I pinched the interior photos but the others are mine.
The scale of the place was staggering , you couldn't really take it in- 25,000 people work there in 3 shifts 24 hours a day.
It was BIG.
I'm still scared of flying though.




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