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A look at Boeing’s Composite Wing Center and the largest Boeing wing ever

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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...
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Aviation anniversary: A lookback at the first BBJ MAX delivery

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It’s been more or less a year since the first Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) MAX was delivered. By all accounts, this is considered a milestone for the aviation giant, and Alexis Fecteau, the Director of Marketing for Boeing Business Jets, a division of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, takes a fond look at the progress that has happened since then. Image source: privatefly.com Image source: privatefly.com The BBJ MAX is one of the undeniable symbols of Boeing’s commitment to bring only the best products to its global market. As Greg Laxton, head of Boeing Business Jets, puts it, the BBJ MAX will help Boeing customers “see the new standard in business travel." Since the first delivery, customers everywhere have already ordered 20 BBJ MAX airplanes. As a tribute to that first BBJ MAX delivery, Boeing Business Jets revealed an immaculate interior design by the firm SkyStyle. This design concept, dubbed “Genesis,” is a sign of the comfort and luxury customers of Boeing...
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Aviation history: A look at the unforgettable Boeing planes in the '80s and '90s

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For over a hundred years, Boeing has been the leader in the global aviation industry. With countless milestones throughout the 20th and early part of the 21st century, the world owes all the conveniences of air travel of all kinds to the aviation giant. One would find it almost impossible to name another company in aviation that has helped humanity take to the skies and beyond more than Boeing. Image source: alineport.com Image source: alineport.com As such, Captain Alexis Fecteau always finds it fascinating when he looks back on the rich history of Boeing. For this blog, Captain Fecteau explores two of the most unforgettable Boeing commercial airplanes in the last two decades of the 20th century, two aircraft that have defined not just Boeing, but the global commercial air travel as people know it today. Boeing 767 : In 1981, Boeing tried to develop two airplanes at the same time, the 757 and the 767. The 757 was a smaller airplane and was supposed to be the rep...
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