QUOTABLES “It has revolutionized Marine Corps and Special Operations aviation.” – U.S. Marine Corps Col. Greg Masiello, joint program manager, V-22 Program Office, U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, following the award of a contract for 92 of the tilt-rotor Osprey, built by Boeing and partner Bell, for the Marine Corps and seven for the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command. Boeing News Now, June 13 “The airplane is tuned to the engine, and the engine tuned to the airplane.” – Keith Leverkuhn, vice president and general manager of the 737 MAX program, briefing aerospace journalists before the Paris Air Show. He said that the new LEAP-1B engines from CFM International, combined with aerodynamic changes, will make the 737 MAX 13 percent more fuel-efficient than current 737 models. Puget Sound Business Journal Online, May 31 “Thanks for making us feel proud every time we see you floating in the air, majestic, defying logic and apparently the laws of gravity.” – Lt. Col Muñoz, chief of Battalion Helicopter Transport V with the Spanish Army, about Boeing’s Chinook. Spain was the first international customer for the Chinook; the battalion recently celebrated 40 years since its first delivery. Boeing News Now, June 6 BOEING FRONTIERS / JULY 2013 9 MAXimum view The new 737 MAX flight deck will feature large display screens supplied by Rockwell Collins that provide enhanced visuals to pilots. The flight-deck layout will maintain operational commonality with the Next-Generation 737, but the MAX will have four 9-by-12-inch displays with higher graphics capability. They replace six 8-by-8-inch displays on the current models. BOEING ILLUSTRATION
Frontiers July 2013 Issue
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