jet built in 2 hours and in the air

[renovation]

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[EvilHorace]

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

[FlyingPenguin]

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.

[Pugsley]

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.

[normalicy]

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

[EvilHorace]

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

[b-man1]

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

[Lmandrake]

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...