Fuselage Stuffing Building and Feeder Lines

A method for reconfiguring an aircraft assembly plant comprising a main building and first and second assembly lines located inside said main building, wherein said first assembly line comprises fuselage-stuffing tools for installing equipment inside fuselages or fuselage sections, and said second assembly line comprises tools for installing equipment on exteriors of internally equipped fuselages or fuselage sections, said second assembly line being arranged to receive fuselages or fuselage sections that have been internally equipped on said first assembly line, said method comprising constructing an auxiliary building which overlies at least one railroad track, and moving fuselage stuffing tools from a first work station of said first assembly line located inside said main building to a work station adjacent to a first section of said railroad track located inside said auxiliary building.

An aircraft assembly plant comprising a first building and a first assembly line disposed inside said first building, wherein said first assembly line comprises:

• a first length of railroad track located inside said first building;
• and
• a first plurality of work stations disposed in sequence alongside said first length of railroad track, wherein each work station of said first plurality comprises a respective set of tools for installing internal components inside a fuselage or fuselage section.