Boeing SC is gearing up for a manufacturing milestone
(WorldNews Business)

`Dreamliner 1,000` is on approach. Parts that will be used to build Boeing Co.`s 1,000th 787 took to the skies last week, when Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipped off its composite-material wing boxes for the milestone aircraft. The components were loaded onto one of Boeing`s four Dreamlifters, which are massive modified 747-400s designed to transport 787 sections from suppliers around the world to the final assembly plants in North Charleston and Everett, Wash. This particular Dreamlifter, which flew out of Central...