September 2010
Volume 09, Issue 05
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The first 787 Dreamliner full-flight simulator, built by Thales, will be used by Boeing Training & Flight Services in Seattle to train pilots to fly the Dreamliner. Using the simulator as part of flight training, pilots can transition to the 787 in five to 20 days; Boeing 777 pilots can qualify to fly the Dreamliner in as little as five days. PHOTO: GAIL HANUSA/BOEING Click here to download this special Frontiers download.

Changing livesBOB SCHNEIDER/BOEING

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Changing lives

Boeing volunteers from around the world, along with family and friends, took time out on July 17 to help build homes, work with young people in schools, serve meals in homeless shelters and perform many other community services. It was all part of Boeing’s first Global Day of Service, which was timed to commemorate the company’s founding in mid-July 1916.

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Energy stars

One of Boeing’s key initiatives for reducing the size of its environmental footprint by 2012 is energy efficiency. And a growing number of Boeing sites are finding innovative solutions for cutting energy consumption and driving down costs.

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Service traditionBOB FERGUSON/BOEING

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Service tradition

Boeing employees in Utah have earned a reputation for taking on a variety of work and performing well, whether it’s building parts of the company’s commercial jetliners or supporting defense programs.

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DEFENSE, SPACE & SECURITY

We give you the world

What started 16 years ago as a grass-roots effort by a small group of computer-minded employees has evolved into the Boeing Geospatial Intelligence Repository, an ever-expanding collection of detailed data and images of every place on the planet. Its use within Boeing is growing, giving the company a competitive advantage.

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We give you the worldGraphic: Boeing Geospatial Intelligence Repository
Photo: richard rau/boeing