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SEATTLE, UNITED STATES - The Boeing 737 MAX is a family of aircraft being developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The new family is based on the Boeing 737 Next Generation family, which it is to replace. It will be the fourth generation of the 737 family. The primary change is the use of the larger and more efficient CFM International LEAP-1B engines. The airframe is to receive some modifications as well. The 737 MAX is scheduled for first delivery in 2017, 50 years after the 737 first flew. Boeing has firm orders for the 737 MAX totaling 2,715 as of March 2015.
Initial parts of the 737 MAX spars, including internal support structures, have been loaded into spar assembly machines, the company said.Boeing Fabrication Skin and Spar operations in Auburn and Fredrickson, Washington, have produced the unfinished skins, stringers and spars, which will be made into complete wings.
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