14 Boeing Frontiers Day, touring the Above and Beyond exhibit in the nation’s capital shortly after it opened in early August. It’s unclear how many other young minds were made up that afternoon regarding career choices. It’s certain a lot of thought-provoking activity took place. Above and Beyond, underwritten by Boeing, is produced by Evergreen Exhibitions, in collaboration with NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The exhibit will remain at the museum until next January, when it will move to St. Louis. “The exhibition is aimed at inspiring the next generation of pilots, engineers, astronauts, scientists and innovators, the imagination of all who will advance aerospace into the next century,” said Jenna McMullin, director of Boeing’s centennial planning. By all accounts, Above and Beyond, which consists of 20 interactive stations, simulations or historic touchstones, Photos: (Above) A wind-tunnel model of Boeing’s Blended Wing Body in the Above and Beyond exhibit. (Right) Autymn Webb, left, a Boeing office administrator in Arlington, Va., and her niece Mainyana Tarver fly a mock airplane they designed in the Full Throttle exhibit station. atmosphere and well beyond. His grandfather, Marty Gierke, a Boeing brand reputation specialist in Arlington, Va., was always close by. The youngster’s thoughts, however, were a million miles away. “I saw outer space,” Blakeley said in all seriousness when asked what had commanded his full attention. And in his next breath, without any prompting, as if there were no turning back, he added, “I want to be an astronaut.” Blakeley and his grandparents were one of dozens of employee-related groups who took part in Boeing Family
Frontiers September 2015 Issue
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