Spirit Completes First 787 Fuselage

Credit: JENNIFER MICHELS/AW&ST
Spirit AeroSystems, the former Wichita Div. of Boeing that is now an independent non-OEM designer and manufacturer of aerostructures, expects to complete the first composite Section 41 forward fuselage of a 787 Dreamliner by late this month and deliver it to Boeing's final assembly facility in...

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