Boeing machines wing spars out of solid aluminum slabs that are as long as the wing. They have a neat rig for getting the slabs from Alcoa or Reynolds up to the widebody plant in Everett. I wonder if the people that drive the rear bogie have to be under 5'5" or so to fit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn0OaxD3XuM
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