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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Boeing 787 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Piasecki Helicopter was acquired by Boeing in 1960, and was reorganized as Boeing's Vertol division. |
 | | Boeing officially announced in November, 2005 that it would produce a larger version of the 747, the 747-8, in two models, commencing with a model for two cargo carriers with firm orders for the aircraft. |
 | | Boeing will be responsible for about 33% of the production with the flight deck and fuselage being manufactured at Wichita, the wings and the fuselage fairings at Winnipeg, Canada, the fin at Frederickson, and the moving leading and trailing edges of the wings at Tulsa and at Boeing Australia. |
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