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WICHITA, Kan. -- When most people think of Boeing commercial jet production, they likely think of Seattle, and the aviation giant's major facilities there.
But if you want to know where the Boeing 737 -- the world's best-selling jet -- is really born, you have to come to Wichita.
That's where Spirit Aerosystems, formerly a Boeing division, now a standalone company, manufactures 737 fuselages, as well as major components for every other Boeing commercial plane, including the composite 787 Dreamliner, and the aluminum 747, 757, 767, and 777.
As part of CNET Road Trip 2014, I visited Spirit in Wichita to see how the 737 comes to life.
Here, we see a Spirit technician working inside the all-aluminum front of a 737 cockpit, seen inside Spirit's massive facility here.
Please click here for my story on the production of the 737 fuselage in Wichita.
