The eyes of the aviation industry will be on the 787 Dreamliner's unveiling on Sunday but is the fastest selling airliner in history ready for its close-up?
Boeing has sold 642 of the new planes before the first one has even been assembled, and much of the anticipation has been over the material used to build it and its innovative and spacious cabin.
As much as 50 percent of the Dreamliner is manufactured from carbon fibre, including the wings and fuselage, which is formed from one piece, making it more stable and lighter than riveted panels of aluminum used by other commercial jets. 
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