Boeing starts building 35 737s a month‎

Boeing Tuesday started final assembly of its mainstay 737 aircraft at a new rate of 35 a month, up from 31.5, the company announced. The new rate started with loading of chords and webs into a new automated spar assembly tool, which then joined the parts to make a spar — the main support structure for the wings of the single-aisle jet. “The start of spar assembly today demonstrates the progress the 737 team has made,” Beverly Wyse, vice president and general manager of the 737 program, said in a… (blog.seattlepi.com) Más...