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| In
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Boeing actively supports education
internally and externally. This series of stories looks
at Boeing's extensive involvement with education endeavors,
as well as the strategy behind the company's support of
education.
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Mighty Mesa
Being able to thrive in a climate where temperatures
can routinely top 100 degrees
Fahrenheit requires the ability to innovate. And that's
a hallmark of the growing Boeing
facility in Mesa, Ariz., the home of the AH-64D Apache
Longbow helicopter.
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COMMERCIAL
AIRPLANES
A bittersweet bon voyage
In early August, the Clipper Flying Cloud—the
only remaining flyable
Boeing S-307 Stratoliner—touched down at Dulles
International Airport near
Washington, D.C., and the engines of Boeing's first
fully pressurized commercial
transport were shut down for the final time. The landing
meant the end of
a long journey for the airplane's restoration and the
dedicated individuals who
performed the refurbishment.
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DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Doing the right thing
More than 75,000 Boeing people took a big step toward
fostering a work environment
where employees can speak up when they see something
wrong—and
get full support from their teammates and their managers
for their actions. These
people took part in an all-IDS ethics training session
which stresses that employees
should be actively engaged in maintaining a company's
good reputation.
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DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Happy campers
Boeing ran a six-day summer science camp in California
that included activities such as assembling dinosaur
skeletons, making Mars Lego vehicles and taking fingerprints.
Fun programs such as this are serious business to Boeing
and other aerospace companies, who hope to help students
develop an interest in science—as well as consider
a career based on science and engineering.
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Countdown to the countdown
On Aug. 7, a 4,737 kg (10,443 lb) EchoStar IX/Telstar
13 spacecraft was placed into a high perigee geosynchronous
transfer orbit for Space Systems/Loral by a Sea Launch
Zenit-3SL rocket, launched from the Odyssey Launch Platform
on the Equator. Here's an inside look at the preparations
to a rocket launch on board the Sea Launch vessels.
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