“A new plane is like a comet sighting— it’s very rare and very exciting.” — Keith Leverkuhn, program chief for the 737 MAX, as the program prepared for the airplane’s first flight. Reuters, Dec. 8 “It’s like a top-fuel dragster.” —Barrie Grubbs, a Boeing field service representative assigned to Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina. He was describing the MV-22 tiltrotor Osprey, operated by Marines at the base, as it transitions in flight from helicopter to airplane mode. See story, Page 12. “My license plate is AWE4787—or ‘AWE 4 787.’ I thought that was very cool. I have a picture of it on my cellphone.” — Sterling Jex Jr., who twice worked for Boeing, once at the Renton, Wash., site and later at Everett. Read his story and those of others on Boeing’s centennial story sharing website at boeing.com/our-stories. FEBRUARY 2016 | 09 QUOTA B L ES
Frontiers February 2016 Issue
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