National Air and Space Museum Installs 747 Forward Fuselage

Preparation & installation of 747 forward fuselage in the National Air and Space Museum's upcoming America by Air exhibit. Video courtesy FAA. See http://www.nasm.si.edu/americabyair/interact.htm

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[microsoftflightsim08]

I wish they would put a complete 747 in there.

[airandspace]

We cannot display the entire 747 in the Museum downtown because it wont fit!  [If you go to our web site and search on "entire 747" the first link will tell you more.] There is, however, a Boeing 707 prototype on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

[equusaside]

I bet it was covered by donations, maybe by Northwest since it was their plane.

[ddanrr]

I wonder what the cost was to cut it up into pieces and put it back together again?