# Boeing 7e7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 22, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-7e7/183634 "2003-06-22T22:00:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Major\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-7e7/183634/1 "2003-06-22T22:00:13Z")
What makes the Boeing 7E7 a more efficient design? How much more efficient is it than current jets? Will this be built in Boeing’s Washington state facility? [http://www.boeing.com/commercial/7e7/flash.html](http://www.boeing.com/commercial/7e7/flash.html) ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-7e7/183634/2 "2003-06-23T01:39:41Z")
Don’t know about how the 7E7 would be better than any other jet. But, about the plant site, Saturday’s [local paper](http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/062103/bus_12847824.shtml) says 12 states are vying for the assembly plant. Of those Washington, Texas, and Florida, are supposed to be the front runners. The local angle is because we have a fairly recently shut-down USN Air Station that has very long runways (the Space Shuttle could use one of 'em), and a city government eager to attract such businesses (well, any business bigger than a hot-dog stand, really). ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-7e7/183634/3 "2003-06-23T04:23:01Z")
Well Boeing’s site says 15-20% more efficient which is pretty ambitious. It isn’t built yet so there may be some compromise between what they want to do and what it takes to build a real-world airplane. Will be interesting to see how it does in a market that already has too many airplanes to be profitable. FWIW Mesa (a satellite of Phoenix) is vying for the 7E7 plant but I don’t think the Salt River is deep enough for the shipping port Boeing wants. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-7e7/183634/4 "2003-06-23T10:36:23Z")
Don’t forget Michigan’s in the running too. We have the ports, rail, highways, skilled labor, and aircraft-building history needed for a neat project like this.