Jetliner parts could send sales soaring.

• Position: CHARLOTTE - B.F. Goodrich Co. - Boeing Co. - Brief Article

Charlotte-based Goodrich expects sales of more than $7.5 billion through 2028 from contracts to supply parts for Boeing's new 7E7 Dreamliner airplane. The Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer plans to start shipping the 7E7 in 2008. But things don't always go as expected in the aviation industry. Boeing said in January that it would halt production of its 717 aircraft in 2006, just seven years after the first one was delivered. Because of that, Goodrich planned to take a charge...