The Boeing Dreamlifter is one of those aircraft that looks like it belongs in a science fiction movie, and, for years, it quietly did a very unglamorous but mission-critical job. The aircraft had the task of hauling huge Boeing 787 components across oceans on tight production schedules. Officially known as the Boeing 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), the Boeing 747 Dreamlifter is a heavily modified 747 airframe that features an outsized, swing-tilt fuselage designed to swallow cargo that will not fit anywhere else. The jet can carry full sections of a widebody jet, not pallets of boxes.