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Frontiers October 2014 Issue

ENSURING THE FUTURE 14 28 Learn about some of the employee-driven inventions that are being replicated throughout Boeing and helping make the company stronger and more competitive. PHOTO: MARIAN LOCKHART/BOEING HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE North American Aviation’s F-86 Sabre became famous as America’s first swept-wing jet fighter. But it had a lesser-known twin, the Fury (shown), that took a much different development course. PHOTO: BOEING ARCHIVES BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS 24 RESTORING 32 Saudi Arabia is a strong market for Boeing products, but the company’s growing presence there includes support for education, research and development, and health and human services. PHOTO: HOPE FOR EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS THE QUEEN Boeing’s first 747 is looking like new after a restoration project that saw the iconic jet repainted in almost the exact color scheme as when Boeing rolled it out to the world in 1968. PHOTO: TED HUETTER/MUSEUM OF FLIGHT INSIDE QUOTABLES MILESTONES Correction: The XB-70 Valkyrie could fly at Mach 3, but that is not a hypersonic speed as stated in a story in the September issue of Frontiers. Frontiers October 2014 05 LEADERSHIP MESSAGE 06 10 11 37 SNAPSHOT 12 42 WHAT WE DO IN FOCUS


Frontiers October 2014 Issue
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