747 Large Cargo Freighter
Main article: Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter
Boeing announced in October 2003 that, because of the amount of time involved with marine shipping, air transport would be the primary method of transporting parts for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Pre-owned passenger 747-400 aircraft have been converted into an outsize, "Large Cargo Freighter" (LCF) configuration to ferry sub-assemblies to Everett, Washington for final assembly.[28] The LCF has a bulging fuselage similar to that of the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy or Airbus Beluga cargo aircraft.
The conversion, designed by Boeing engineers from Puget Sound, Moscow and Canoga Park, Cal., and Gamesa Aeronáutica in Spain,[29] was carried out in Taiwan by a subsidiary of the Evergreen Group.[30] Boeing purchased four second-hand aircraft and had them all converted;[31] the fourth and final LCF took its first flight in January 2010.
Delivery times are as low as a day using the 747 LCF, compared to up to 30 days for deliveries by ship.[31] The LCF can hold three times the volume of a 747-400F freighter.[29][32] The LCF is not a Boeing production model and will not be sold to any customers or see any airliner operation. The LCFs are for Boeing's exclusive use.
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