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Frontiers November 2016 Issue

PHOTO: BOB FERGUSON | BOEING PHOTO: BOB FERGUSON | BOEING Cover: Before a GE90 engine reaches 777 final assembly, quality inspector Kiem Tran records serial numbers. BOB FERGUSON | BOEING Photo: (Far right) Mechanic Beth Phelps measures drilled holes for a proper fit on an inlet inner barrel at Propulsion South Carolina, in Ladson. BOB FERGUSON | BOEING TABL E O F CONTENTS 06 Leadership Message 10 Engines of change  Boeing has been expanding its Propulsion Systems Division as new commercial airplane models such as the 737 MAX and 777X head to the factory. Bringing more work in-house gives Boeing better control of costs and helps improve airplane performance—which benefits airline customers. 20 Flying ahead Boeing predicts Russia and its neighbors will add more than 1,100 new airplanes to their respective commercial fleets over the next 20 years. Yet airplane sales are only part of a Boeing-Russia affinity. 24 Vision quest At Seattle’s Boeing Field, employees are giving the Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, known as AWACS, a makeover. The upgrades will keep this surveillance workhorse flying far into the future. 28 Service as teacher Eight veterans of the armed forces share lessons gleaned there that they continue to draw on, whether wearing a military uniform or a Boeing badge. 24 28 02 | BOEING FRONTIERS


Frontiers November 2016 Issue
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