QuotableS “The 787 has a ‘Goldilocks effect.’ ” —Aviation consultant George Hamlin on how the 787 Dreamliner’s long range and size, “not too big and not too small—it is just right,” is allowing airlines to open new long, thin routes not economically possible to serve before, such as Los Angeles–Melbourne, Australia (United Airlines), Stockholm-Oakland, Calif. (Norwegian) and London-Austin, Texas (British Airways). The Street, Feb. 5 “It never gets old seeing that airplane fly, especially when you know you’ve touched each one that was built.” —Tony Murray, a senior production manager for the C-17 in Long Beach, Calif., where manufacturing of the military airlifter is nearing the end. For more on this versatile aircraft and the men and women who have built it, see story, Page 30. Macr h 2015 09
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