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Old 21st Nov 2021, 22:00
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kiwi grey
 
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Boeing have done their darnedest to make this impossible.
Firstly, the 787-10 fuselage sections are too long to be transported to Seattle: the -10 was only ever designed to have its final assembly in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Secondly, Boeing has sold off the DreamLifter arrival / unloading / materials storage facility in Seattle (to UPS or Fedex IIRC) to make sure there's no way to actually get the 787 major sub-assemblies to a FAL in Seattle
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