Boeing Factory Creates Clouds

The Boeing Factory in Everett, north of Seattle, the largest factory by volume in the world is so massive that it started to develop its own weather system forcing them to design a custom air conditioning system.

A state-of-the-art air circulation system had to be installed inside the monolithic manufacturing plant because clouds - the product of accumulated warm air and moisture - were forming inside.

I don't really know why I found that interesting enough to share. Thanks for your patience.

I lived in Seattle in the 1980s when Microsoft was just a start up that nobody had heard of and Boeing was the only game in town. Their massive factories were interesting to look at for just that reason. The scale of their facilities compared to everything else around was a bit surreal.

I got a feel for the scale of the 747s when I used to commute between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. When you got on in Singapore it was from an air bridge. In Kuala Lumpur in the old airport, you would walk out to the plane and climb on by stairs. Massive, very glamorous and indadvertent cloud makers.

Next Generation Carbon Emitter Launched.

The most High Tech Carbon Emitting Passenger Aircraft known to man was unveiled yesterday in Seattle. It has a very high proportion of carbon fibre making it lighter and more fuel efficient.

The 787 was launched on the 07/08/07 if you are in America. 08/07/07 in most other places. Cute Marketing Trick. Over 600 of these suckers have been ordered before any are built and some buyers will have to wait eight years for their piece of the action. Qantas is the biggest buyer so far, so if you are in Australia, or going there expect to be in one some day.

Boeing is such a huge part of the Seattle area economy. When I lived there in the 1980s I had a look around one of the plants. Talk about enormous. Airbus will have their own version too.