One thing you have to say about Boeing's Everett, Washington facility - they like to do things in a big way up there.

This sweeping view of the Everett factory gives you some sense of the huge scope of the new mural along the doors.

The main factory building - home of the 747, 767, 777 and 787 - is already recognized as the largest building in the world by volume.

Now all six of the factory doors are graced by the largest digital graphic in the world. In case you missed the news story, the Guinness World Records people recently conferred that honor on the huge mural - more than 100,000 square feet (9,290 square meters) of pressure-sensitive graphic film.

The look of the new doors evokes our new livery, but also conveys the excitement of flying, and the passion the people of Boeing Commercial Airplanes have for the aerospace industry.

This was a gargantuan project. Each of the doors is 82 feet (25 meters) high and are anywhere from 300 to 350 feet (91 to 107 meters) across. Credit for the design goes to Fitch Design Consultants, London.

My understanding is that it took more than five months to install this huge mural. A lot of that had to do with some unusually wet - even for Seattle - weather we had recently. They had to contend with 27 straight days of rain in December and January!

I'd say it was worth the wait.

By the way, I see that another good discussion is underway about cabin interiors on Airliners.net. And yes, I do browse these threads from time to time!