Boeing B747-400LCF

B747-400LCF

     Boeing B747-400LCF(Large Cargo Freighter) is a special airplane to convey some parts of Boeing B787 "Dreamliner". About 50 percents of B787 is made outside of the United States so The Boeing Company developed B747-400LCF. Because of this thing, people call B747-400LCF as "Dream Lifter" means to Lift Dreamliner. Now, there are four B747-400LCF in the world, and all of them were converted from B747-400.

B747-400

     When the Boeing's engineers converted B747-400, they changed the length from 70.6m to 72.0m and also changed the height from 19.4m to 21.6m to stabilize. In addition, to carry large stuffs, engineers made a new large cargo door on the backside.

works cited
"The Boeing Company" www.boeing.com
"All Nippon Airways" www.ana.co.jp