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2 hours, no way. Might you mean the speed-ed up video plays 2 minutes?

Agreed. No way you can build one of those in 2 hours. I didn't see anything that said they built it in 2 hours.

Considering they can make 1 737 a day, that's not total build time, once the line is built up they can output a plane a day. Maybe they meant that they make a plane every 2 hours? Still seems way off. I would imagine that even after assembly there has to be more then 2 hours of on ground testing of stuff before it takes to the air.

Yeah, no way they could do that and it be safe.

...........and, some things just shouldn't be rushed either. Me, I like the planes to stay in the air

it takes them 80+ days to build a 777, which is considered fast:

From first part to out of the Boeing factory in Everett: 49 days
Time in the paint booth: 4 additional days
Flights and testing: About 30 additional days
Total from first part to delivery: About 83 days — less than three months

http://www.airlinereporter.com/2012/01/ ... oeing-777/

the 787 build rate is targeting 10 planes per month by the end of 2013:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/ ... XR20120302

During WWII the Ford plant at Willow Run Michigan built B24 Liberator bombers from start to finish in 18 hours (70 percent of the time) during peak production in 1944. A fairly complex airplane but likely does not hold a candle to this thing.

The Assembly line was a mile and half long...