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| MAIN
FEATURE
A wave of success
Huntington Beach, Calif., hosts the annual U.S. Open
of Surfing. It’s also the home of a Boeing facility
that helped design astounding space vehicles such as
Apollo, Skylab, the Space Shuttle, the Delta family
of rockets and the International Space Station. Here’s
a look at the people and the programs in a town where
riding the waves meets planning travels through space.
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JOE
OLMOS PHOTO
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3D RENDERING
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COMMERCIAL
AIRPLANES
The start of something
big
A crowd of more than 3,000 people energetically applauded
after hearing that
the Boeing board of directors had granted Commercial
Airplanes the authority
to offer the Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner sale.
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| INTEGRATED
DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Working toward launch
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the loss
of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Here’s
a look at some of the many Boeing people who play an
important role in the continuation of human space travel.
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| PHANTOM
WORKS
Witnessing history
On a still Arizona desert morning in December, the X-50A
Dragonfly Canard Rotor/Wing vehicle—which can
take off like a helicopter, stop its rotor blade and
then fly like a fixed-wing aircraft—made its first
hover.
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| AIR
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
This is not just a test
An Air Traffic Management project shows how precision
information could
make air traffic systems safer, more secure and far
more efficient—and illustrates
how network-centric operations can enhance these systems.
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BACKSTAGE PASS
Signed, sealed, delivered
What happens to a commercial jetliner before it goes
to its owner? Boeing Frontiers follows a 737-700 airplane
for WestJet as it goes through the final steps of preparation
before delivery.
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