A look at Boeing’s Composite Wing Center and the largest Boeing wing ever
A few months back, Alexis Fecteau started a series of blogs to share some of the exciting news about Boeing and Boeing Business Jets. This blog will tackle Boeing’s 1.3 million-square-foot Composite Wing Center, and the largest airplane wing the company has ever produced. Image source: aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com Image source: ainonline.com Even before the Composite Wing Center was completed, preproduction parts came in along with the tools and equipment for the 777X. Around 130 mechanics were also present to test everything from the equipment to the prototype parts. Rounding up the manpower was the 170-person-strong office workforce. The Composite Wing Center is a designer, mechanic, and engineer’s dream with state-of-the-art tools and equipment all at the ready. This was, of course, all in place to create the 777X and the model’s wing, which is by all accounts, the longest wing Boeing has ever built. As such, the Composite Wing Center houses a lot of m...