Coming on this holiday in the US and Canada we planned to stay at Everett for two nights with the hope of seeing the Dreamlifter while we were here. Well I am happy to say I have seen 4 Dreamlifter's (three different ones) two were at night and one was during the day. The Boeing 747 Dreamlifter, also known as the Boeing 747-4 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), is a wide-body cargo aircraft. At 65,000 cubic feet (1,840 m³) the Dreamlifter can hold three times the volume of a 747-400F freighter. It is a specially modified Boeing 747-400 that is owned by Atlas Air and is used exclusively for transporting Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft components to Boeing's assembly plants from suppliers around the world. Cargo is placed in the aircraft by the world's longest cargo loader.
The wing span is 209ft
The length is 244ft
The height is 70ft
The engines are Pratt & Whitney PW4062
It's cruising speed is Mach 0.82
There are four Dreamlifter's in service and the first flight was on the 9th September 2006.
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