Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter

The Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), marketed as the Dreamlifter, is a heavily modified Boeing 747-400 designed exclusively to transport large 787 Dreamliner fuselage sections and other major components between supplier facilities and Boeing's final assembly plants in Everett, Washington and North Charleston, South Carolina. The aircraft features an enormous bulbous upper fuselage that makes it one of the largest cargo aircraft by volume in the world. Its distinctive swinging tail cone allows oversized cargo to be loaded and unloaded from the rear of the aircraft. Four aircraft were converted from existing 747-400 airframes by Taiwanese aerospace company Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation (EGAT). The Dreamlifter is operated solely by Atlas Air on behalf of Boeing and is not available for commercial cargo service. It plays a critical logistical role in Boeing's global supply chain for the 787 program, regularly flying between Japan, Italy, and the United States.