EVERETT, Wash. - The warning bell sounds on a Boeing Everett Paint hanger ,as the doors open for a debut.
While the company has built dozens of 787s beyond the first six test airplanes, it hasn't been able to deliver them. That will change next month and the Dreamliner will be the first to actually be handed over to an airline - Japan's biggest airline, ANA.
ANA executives waited a long time for this, and despite frustrating delays, it is more than happy to point out in no uncertain terms that this airplane is a Boeing 787.
The Dreamliner is not only a breakthrough because of what it's made out of, mostly of super strong carbon fiber and plastic composites, but because of the interior.
Even the seats are different. Instead of having somebody's seat recline right into your face, the seat backs stay upright and it's the seat bottom that slides out.
And the windows aren't like anything you've seen, there are no shades. Instead they are electronic and 30 percent bigger than on other jets.
Boeing carefully studied attitudes people have about air travel and found that by the time passengers navigate the airport and security, they're ready for a break. The spacious interior is designed to give them that.
Even for the man who helped drive the design, it was a big day.
“One of our key goals is to to help reconnect people to this magic of flight, and you do that by looking outside, and you can see it from anywhere on this airplane,” said Boeing Interiors Expter Kent Craver.
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