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mmciau
22nd Dec 2014, 21:11
May I ask please? What would be the cycle expectancy for the Boeing Dreamlifter B747 following on from their previous cargo life?
Are Boeing considering additional aircraft to the fleet of Dreamlifters to meet demand for the future B787-10?
tdracer
22nd Dec 2014, 21:48
The 747 LCF (aka Dreamlifter) were built from passenger 747-400s, not former freighters. The subject aircraft were high time/low cycle aircraft. Boeing had four LCFs built, there are no current plans to build anymore.
The 787-10 will be built in at the North Carolina 787 plant, alleviating the need to move the longer fuselage sections of the -10 to Everett (as currently planned, the 787-10 center fuselage section is too long to fit in the LCF).
mmciau
22nd Dec 2014, 23:28
Thank you for your response
mmciau
7th Jan 2015, 22:05
I have noticed that the Dreamlifters can fly from the west coast of the USA to Japan without stopping in Anchorage. Obviously 'empty'.
Coming back from Japan, they land at Anchorage for a tech stop.
Are they so heavy with cargo out of Japan that they are fuel limited or is there another reason they stop in Anchorage?
Mike