Boeing rolls out first 787 Dreamliner built in South Carolina

The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to be assembled in South Carolina rolled out of final assembly on April 27th. The airplane’s rollout marks the first time that a Boeing commercial airplane has been produced in the South-eastern United States. Boeing announced that it had selected North Charleston, S.C., as the location for the second 787 final assembly line on Oct. 28, 2009, and broke ground on the site in November of that year. The South Carolina final assembly facility was completed in June 2011, and production began later that same month. The airplane next goes to the flight line, where it will go through systems checks and engine runs in advance of taxi testing and first flight. The airplane remains on schedule for delivery to Air India in mid-2012.