“The P-8 aircraft has transformed how the Defense Department uses its maritime patrol and reconnaissance force … It has proved itself around the world.” —U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, after touring the P-8 production line in Renton, Wash. Boeing News Now, April 7 “About 100 million new passengers take to the Asian skies every year, adding to the billion that currently travel to, from or within the region.” — From a Reuters story discussing increasing demand for jet travel in Asia, quoting Boeing estimates, April 19 “With red and white TWA colors, the 747 looked like a feather just floating down … That observation was the most beautiful sight one could imagine; seeing an airplane that big floating like a feather.” —Floyd Lukecart, retired, on the first time he saw a 747 as it landed at St. Louis Lambert Field. Read his story and those of others on Boeing’s centennial story sharing website at boeing.com/our-stories. MAY 2016 | 09 QUOTA B L ES
Frontiers May 2016 Issue
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