Editing Boeing 747 (section)

==== 747 LCF Dreamlifter ====
{{Main|Boeing Dreamlifter}}
[[File:N718BA Boeing 747-4H6(LCF) Dreamlifter (49856836836) (cropped).jpg|thumb|The [[Boeing Dreamlifter]], a modified {{not a typo|747-400}}, first flew on September 9, 2006]]

The 747-400 Dreamlifter<ref name="DL">[http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1080 "Final Boeing 747 Dreamlifter Enters Service"]. ''The Boeing Company''. Retrieved: July 15, 2011.</ref> (originally called the 747 Large Cargo Freighter or LCF<ref name="evergreen_july07">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071107065816/http://www.evergreenaviation.com/p_releases/072007.html "Evergreen Aviation press releases"]. ''Evergreen Aviation'', July 20, 2007. Retrieved: December 17, 2007.</ref>) is a Boeing-designed modification of existing 747-400s into a larger [[outsize cargo]] [[Freight aircraft|freighter]] configuration to ferry 787 Dreamliner sub-assemblies. [[Evergreen Group|Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation]] of Taiwan was contracted to complete modifications of 747-400s into Dreamlifters in Taoyuan. The aircraft flew for the first time on September 9, 2006, in a test flight.<ref name="bca_20060909_first_flight">[https://web.archive.org/web/20061002173539/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q3/060909a_nr.html "Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Completes First Flight"]. ''The Boeing Company'', September 9, 2006.</ref> Modification of four aircraft was completed by February 2010.<ref>Mecham, Michael. [http://aviationweek.com/awin/boeing-puts-last-dreamlifter-service "Boeing Puts Last Dreamlifter In Service"]. ''Aviation Week'', February 16, 2010.</ref> The Dreamlifters have been placed into service transporting sub-assemblies for the 787 program to the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington, for final assembly.<ref name=DL /> The aircraft is certified to carry only essential crew with no passengers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070606173639/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q2/070604a_pr.html "Boeing 747 Dreamlifter Achieves FAA Certification"]. ''The Boeing Company'', June 4, 2007. Retrieved: December 17, 2007.</ref>