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Boeing
Commercial Airplanes is to display the passenger-pleasing features of its
all-new Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner airplane and its best-selling 737 jetliner during the
ITB Berlin 2004 travel and tourism show which runs from 12 through 16
March.
The Boeing exhibit will be located in Stand 110 in Hall 11.1. Visitors will be able to
step into the future of flight when they enter the 7E7 Dreamliner Dome, a
specially designed theater that uses a 5-meter-tall semicircular screen to provide
a three-dimensional experience. Once inside, visitors will feel as if they are in the
7E7 passenger cabin as they are surrounded by video showing the airplane's
innovative architectural and lighting features. The Boeing exhibit also includes a large interactive, multimedia presentation
about the Boeing Next-Generation 737 and visitors will also see firsthand the type of innovative solutions Boeing is
developing to reduce aircraft noise at airports around the world. On display is the rear
section of an engine nacelle (the back portion of an airplane jet engine covering)
with a scalloped edge called a chevron.
Heat makes the scalloped edge, made of "smart" metal, fold inward on takeoff,
thereby dulling the sound of exhaust. As the airplane rises and the air cools, the
metal edge straightens out. Boeing plans to use this new technology on its
airplanes in the future. See
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