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FrontiersMAY 2013 Volume XII Issue
WORKrsquoS A GASRide along on a tanker reuelingmission at 20000 eet
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AD WATCH The stories behind the ads in this issue o Frontiers
Inside cover Page 6 Back coverPages 36ndash37
This new ad orEnhanced Medium
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and military publications over the USMemorial Day holiday Boeing will aira similarly themed commercial on theldquoMeet the Pressrdquo television program
This adcongratulatesrecipientso BoeingrsquosSupplier o the Year awards
and reects last monthrsquos Boeing GlobalSupplier Conerence theme o ldquoOne
Team hellip Leading the Futurerdquo
ON THE COVER
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
20 Today Boeing is developing a next-generation tanker or the US Air Force to replacethe servicersquos aging Boeing-built KC-135 tankers But these older tankers remain vitalto deending reedom around the world Whatrsquos it like to reuel a thirsty fghter transportor another military aircrat at 20000 eet (6100 meters) with both planes zippingthrough the sky at some 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) In this Frontiers photoessay ride along on a KC-135 mission reueling a Boeing C-17 airliter over the Arizonadesert The reueling boom operator is Nicole Canada who when shersquos not serving
with the US Air Force Reserve works or Boeing Global Services amp SupportCOVER USING A CONTROL STICK IN HER LEFT HAND NICOLE CANADA MANEUVERS THE REFUELING BOOM OF A KC-135 TANKER THATrsquoS
ABOUT TO TRANSFER JET FUEL TO A C-17 AIRLIFTER BOB FERGUSONBOEING
PHOTO DURING AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING OPERATIONS THE HOST KC-135 AND RECEIVING C-17 FLY ONLY ABOUT 20 FEET (6 METERS) APART
A MIRROR REFLECTS THE IMAGE OF NICOLE CANADA AT HER REFUELING STATION IN THE TAIL OF THE KC-135 BOB FERGUSONBOEING
PRECISION PERFORMANCE
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FRONTIERS STAFF
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEIt was a time when air travel was a grand adventure and passengers dressed up to enjoy theromance o ying across the country or an ocean Nothing symbolized that era better thanBoeingrsquos 314 Clipper which frst ew 75 years ago next month (The frst Clipper is shownhere ater launch rom the slipway at Boeing Plant 1 in Seattle in 1938) PHOTO BOEING ARCHIVES
10
BUILT TO LAST The UK is a major customer or Boeing military and commercial products and a key Boeingsupplier This special partnership began 75 years ago (Boeing is part o a team at Royal AirForce Waddington that provides Distributed Synthetic Air Landing Training shown to Royal AForce pilots and British Army orward air controllers and artillery personnel) PHOTO CROWN COPYRIG
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ALL IN WITH BOEINGBoeing and Alaska Airlines enjoy a special bond They not only share a hometown Seattlebut Alaska is an all-Boeing customer and recently took delivery o its 100th Next-Generatio737 And it will be frst to y both the 737 MAX-8 and MAX-9 jetliners PHOTO BOB FERGUSONBOEI
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TAKING THE HEAT An innovative engine nozzle about the size o a Smart car and made o a ceramicmatrix composite that can withstand very high temperatures has been ground-testedby Boeing and its partners Itrsquos part o a Federal Aviation Administration programto accelerate new technologies that will help reduce aircrat uel burn emissionsand noise The next step will be ight testing o the nozzle on Boeingrsquos 2013ecoDemonstrator jetliner a 787 PHOTO BOB FERGUSONBOEING
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Inside
07 LEADERSHIPMESSAGEFor years Boeing has been advocatinor trade reorm to allow US companie
to better compete in the global marke
Now ater nearly our years in the
making new US trade rules will have
ar-reaching eects on aerospace say
Kathryn Greaney vice president o
Global Trade Controls
08
SNAPSHOT QUOTABLES
16WHY WErsquoRE HERE
17CUSTOMERPROFILE
41MILESTONES
46IN FOCUS
A lsquoFATIGUINGrsquo PROJECTBoeing is working with a group o airline pilots to better understand the eects o pilotatigue during long commercial ights and whether technology exists that can detectsymptoms o atigue in real time beore it aects pilot perormance PHOTO MARIAN LOCKHARTBOEING
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LEADERSHIP MESSAGE
A s one o the largest US exporters and a major importer
o parts and supplies Boeing has been advocating or
trade reorm or many years to allow US companies
to compete eectively in the global market while ensuring the
tightest controls on critical national technology
Almost our years in the making the frst set o rules underUS President Barack Obamarsquos Export Control Reorm take
eect this October These rules will mean changes in how we
design and build products how we market and talk about those
products and ultimately how we ship products and spare parts
and provide service to customers
Global Trade Controls (GTC) a part o the Ofce o Internal
Governance has been preparing or this since President Obama
announced the reorm eort in 2009 Boeing representatives rom
GTC and Government Operations have served on industry advisory
groups during the rule-making process and provided input to help
ensure the reorm meets its goal A variety o other organizations
have also supported export reorm including Business Roundtable
(an association o CEOs o leading US companies) and the
Presidentrsquos Export Council (which advises the president on trade
policy and programs to urther the administrationrsquos goal o doubling
US exports over fve years) Both are chaired by Boeing Chairman
President and Chie Executive Ofcer Jim McNerney
GTC also has been on its own reorm mission Our trade experts
have made it easier or anyone in Boeing to get help with trade ques-
tions deployed new tools and systems to make compliance easier
shortened internal cycle times and improved quality and service
We embedded GTC employees in the businesses to support
eorts such as ldquodesign or exportrdquo an initiative where GTC works
with programs and unctions like Engineering and Program
Management to take trade rules into account in product inception
and design Down the road having designs that already meet
export requirements could simpliy international marketing andsales and give us a competitive advantage
Boeing also imports components and supplies rom around
the world and ships products and parts between a multitude o
countries So the Global Trade Controls team is responsible or
enabling compliance with the trade rules o more than 100 nations
Despite this broad-ranging expertise remember that trade compli-
ance like all compliance issues such as saety regulations is a
personal responsibility or all Boeing employees
In Global Trade Controls we are committed to help Boeing
employees as well as our subsidiaries suppliers and partners
ensure we meet our trade standards which in many cases excee
government requirements Whether it is knowing where we can
or cannot market our products providing guidance to lower the
costs o import ees to make our products more aordable or
helping the businesses understand the impact o export reorm
GTC trade experts are a resource to help ensure Boeingrsquos succes
As export reorm rolls out in the US and trade rules evolve
around the world we continue to deepen our coordination with
our business partners Let us know whenever we can support
the success o your part o Boeingmdashand help keep the company
a global leader in trade and trade compliance nPHOTO PAUL PINNERBOEING
Kathryn Greaney Vice president Global Trade Controls
Trade transormationNew US trade rules will have ar-reachingeect on aerospace deense
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SNAPSHOT
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QUOTABLES
ldquoThe C-17 is one o
the greatest tools
ever presented to
the US militaryrdquo ndash Lt Gen Darren McDew commander
18th Air Force Scott Air Force Base Ill
speaking at del ivery ceremonies or the
US Air Forcersquos 220th C-17 Globemaster
March 27 at Boeingrsquos Long Beach Cali
nal assembly acility This C-17 was the
last scheduled or delivery to McChord
Air Force Base in Washington state
Boeing News Now March 29
ldquoThis is a great
time to be in the
space exploration
businessrdquo ndash Virginia A ldquoGingerrdquo Barnes newly
named vice president and program
manager or Boeingrsquos Space Launch
System program Boeing is designing
and developing the core stages o a
new heavy-li t rocket that wil l be able
to send astronauts on missions beyond
Earthrsquos orbit The rst fight or Space
Launch System is scheduled in 2017
Boeing News Now April 14
ldquoWersquore pleased
to deliver a world-
class airplane in
this world-class
spacerdquo ndash Tom Maxwell vice president Everett
Delivery Center commenting ondelivery o the rst plane a Thai Airways
777-300ER (Extended Range) rom the
just-completed Everett Wash acil ity
Boeing News Now April 10
Flanked by a Cargolux 747-8 Freighter an engine o which is shown here on the let
and an ANA 787 Dreamliner Boeing employees gather to celebrate the opening o the
new Everett Delivery Center April 3 The center where 787 777 767 and 747 jetliners
made at the Everett Wash actory are handed over to customers eatures three times
the ofce conerence and operational space as the old acility Curved architecture
allows airplanes to pull up close to the building And customized boarding bridges
make it easy or customers to access their new planes A dramatic photo o the deliverycenter at night can be downloaded as wallpaper or your computer screen at www
boeingcomrontiersdownloads PHOTO GAIL HANUSABOEING
Center o attention
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
wwwboeingcomfrontiersvideosmay2
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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oom ng
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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FSC LOGO
AD WATCH The stories behind the ads in this issue o Frontiers
Inside cover Page 6 Back coverPages 36ndash37
This new ad orEnhanced Medium
Altitude AirborneReconnaissance andSurveillance Systemor EMARSS highlightsprogress Boeing ismaking in providing the
US Army with this critical intelligencesurveillance and reconnaissancecapability The ad currently appearsin trade publications
The Boeing StorersquosCustom Hangar is aselect collection o authentic limited-edition Boeing artiactscollectibles and appareldesigned or trueaviation ans This ad
eatures Custom Hangar 737 MAX andBoeing logo merchandise or FatherrsquosDay git ideas Learn more at your localstore or at wwwboeingstorecom
This ad shows Boeingappreciation or andgratitude toward theUS armed orcesIt will run in TheWashington Post andThe Seattle Times aswell as in regional trad
and military publications over the USMemorial Day holiday Boeing will aira similarly themed commercial on theldquoMeet the Pressrdquo television program
This adcongratulatesrecipientso BoeingrsquosSupplier o the Year awards
and reects last monthrsquos Boeing GlobalSupplier Conerence theme o ldquoOne
Team hellip Leading the Futurerdquo
ON THE COVER
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
20 Today Boeing is developing a next-generation tanker or the US Air Force to replacethe servicersquos aging Boeing-built KC-135 tankers But these older tankers remain vitalto deending reedom around the world Whatrsquos it like to reuel a thirsty fghter transportor another military aircrat at 20000 eet (6100 meters) with both planes zippingthrough the sky at some 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) In this Frontiers photoessay ride along on a KC-135 mission reueling a Boeing C-17 airliter over the Arizonadesert The reueling boom operator is Nicole Canada who when shersquos not serving
with the US Air Force Reserve works or Boeing Global Services amp SupportCOVER USING A CONTROL STICK IN HER LEFT HAND NICOLE CANADA MANEUVERS THE REFUELING BOOM OF A KC-135 TANKER THATrsquoS
ABOUT TO TRANSFER JET FUEL TO A C-17 AIRLIFTER BOB FERGUSONBOEING
PHOTO DURING AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING OPERATIONS THE HOST KC-135 AND RECEIVING C-17 FLY ONLY ABOUT 20 FEET (6 METERS) APART
A MIRROR REFLECTS THE IMAGE OF NICOLE CANADA AT HER REFUELING STATION IN THE TAIL OF THE KC-135 BOB FERGUSONBOEING
PRECISION PERFORMANCE
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Publisher Tom Downey
Editorial director Anne Toulouse
EDITORIAL TEAMExecutive editor Paul Proctor 312-544-2938
Editor James Wallace 312-544-2161
Managing editor
Vineta Plume 312-544-2954Graphic designers
Brandon Luong 312-544-2118
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Photo director
Bob Ferguson 312-544-2132
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Deense Space amp Security editor Diane Stratman 562-797-1443
Engineering Operations amp Technology
editor Junu Kim 312-544-2939
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editor Len Vraniak 312-544-2351
Shared Services Group editor Beriah Osorio 425-577-4157
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HOW TO CONTACT US E-mail
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FRONTIERS STAFF
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEIt was a time when air travel was a grand adventure and passengers dressed up to enjoy theromance o ying across the country or an ocean Nothing symbolized that era better thanBoeingrsquos 314 Clipper which frst ew 75 years ago next month (The frst Clipper is shownhere ater launch rom the slipway at Boeing Plant 1 in Seattle in 1938) PHOTO BOEING ARCHIVES
10
BUILT TO LAST The UK is a major customer or Boeing military and commercial products and a key Boeingsupplier This special partnership began 75 years ago (Boeing is part o a team at Royal AirForce Waddington that provides Distributed Synthetic Air Landing Training shown to Royal AForce pilots and British Army orward air controllers and artillery personnel) PHOTO CROWN COPYRIG
30
ALL IN WITH BOEINGBoeing and Alaska Airlines enjoy a special bond They not only share a hometown Seattlebut Alaska is an all-Boeing customer and recently took delivery o its 100th Next-Generatio737 And it will be frst to y both the 737 MAX-8 and MAX-9 jetliners PHOTO BOB FERGUSONBOEI
14
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TAKING THE HEAT An innovative engine nozzle about the size o a Smart car and made o a ceramicmatrix composite that can withstand very high temperatures has been ground-testedby Boeing and its partners Itrsquos part o a Federal Aviation Administration programto accelerate new technologies that will help reduce aircrat uel burn emissionsand noise The next step will be ight testing o the nozzle on Boeingrsquos 2013ecoDemonstrator jetliner a 787 PHOTO BOB FERGUSONBOEING
26
Inside
07 LEADERSHIPMESSAGEFor years Boeing has been advocatinor trade reorm to allow US companie
to better compete in the global marke
Now ater nearly our years in the
making new US trade rules will have
ar-reaching eects on aerospace say
Kathryn Greaney vice president o
Global Trade Controls
08
SNAPSHOT QUOTABLES
16WHY WErsquoRE HERE
17CUSTOMERPROFILE
41MILESTONES
46IN FOCUS
A lsquoFATIGUINGrsquo PROJECTBoeing is working with a group o airline pilots to better understand the eects o pilotatigue during long commercial ights and whether technology exists that can detectsymptoms o atigue in real time beore it aects pilot perormance PHOTO MARIAN LOCKHARTBOEING
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LEADERSHIP MESSAGE
A s one o the largest US exporters and a major importer
o parts and supplies Boeing has been advocating or
trade reorm or many years to allow US companies
to compete eectively in the global market while ensuring the
tightest controls on critical national technology
Almost our years in the making the frst set o rules underUS President Barack Obamarsquos Export Control Reorm take
eect this October These rules will mean changes in how we
design and build products how we market and talk about those
products and ultimately how we ship products and spare parts
and provide service to customers
Global Trade Controls (GTC) a part o the Ofce o Internal
Governance has been preparing or this since President Obama
announced the reorm eort in 2009 Boeing representatives rom
GTC and Government Operations have served on industry advisory
groups during the rule-making process and provided input to help
ensure the reorm meets its goal A variety o other organizations
have also supported export reorm including Business Roundtable
(an association o CEOs o leading US companies) and the
Presidentrsquos Export Council (which advises the president on trade
policy and programs to urther the administrationrsquos goal o doubling
US exports over fve years) Both are chaired by Boeing Chairman
President and Chie Executive Ofcer Jim McNerney
GTC also has been on its own reorm mission Our trade experts
have made it easier or anyone in Boeing to get help with trade ques-
tions deployed new tools and systems to make compliance easier
shortened internal cycle times and improved quality and service
We embedded GTC employees in the businesses to support
eorts such as ldquodesign or exportrdquo an initiative where GTC works
with programs and unctions like Engineering and Program
Management to take trade rules into account in product inception
and design Down the road having designs that already meet
export requirements could simpliy international marketing andsales and give us a competitive advantage
Boeing also imports components and supplies rom around
the world and ships products and parts between a multitude o
countries So the Global Trade Controls team is responsible or
enabling compliance with the trade rules o more than 100 nations
Despite this broad-ranging expertise remember that trade compli-
ance like all compliance issues such as saety regulations is a
personal responsibility or all Boeing employees
In Global Trade Controls we are committed to help Boeing
employees as well as our subsidiaries suppliers and partners
ensure we meet our trade standards which in many cases excee
government requirements Whether it is knowing where we can
or cannot market our products providing guidance to lower the
costs o import ees to make our products more aordable or
helping the businesses understand the impact o export reorm
GTC trade experts are a resource to help ensure Boeingrsquos succes
As export reorm rolls out in the US and trade rules evolve
around the world we continue to deepen our coordination with
our business partners Let us know whenever we can support
the success o your part o Boeingmdashand help keep the company
a global leader in trade and trade compliance nPHOTO PAUL PINNERBOEING
Kathryn Greaney Vice president Global Trade Controls
Trade transormationNew US trade rules will have ar-reachingeect on aerospace deense
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QUOTABLES
ldquoThe C-17 is one o
the greatest tools
ever presented to
the US militaryrdquo ndash Lt Gen Darren McDew commander
18th Air Force Scott Air Force Base Ill
speaking at del ivery ceremonies or the
US Air Forcersquos 220th C-17 Globemaster
March 27 at Boeingrsquos Long Beach Cali
nal assembly acility This C-17 was the
last scheduled or delivery to McChord
Air Force Base in Washington state
Boeing News Now March 29
ldquoThis is a great
time to be in the
space exploration
businessrdquo ndash Virginia A ldquoGingerrdquo Barnes newly
named vice president and program
manager or Boeingrsquos Space Launch
System program Boeing is designing
and developing the core stages o a
new heavy-li t rocket that wil l be able
to send astronauts on missions beyond
Earthrsquos orbit The rst fight or Space
Launch System is scheduled in 2017
Boeing News Now April 14
ldquoWersquore pleased
to deliver a world-
class airplane in
this world-class
spacerdquo ndash Tom Maxwell vice president Everett
Delivery Center commenting ondelivery o the rst plane a Thai Airways
777-300ER (Extended Range) rom the
just-completed Everett Wash acil ity
Boeing News Now April 10
Flanked by a Cargolux 747-8 Freighter an engine o which is shown here on the let
and an ANA 787 Dreamliner Boeing employees gather to celebrate the opening o the
new Everett Delivery Center April 3 The center where 787 777 767 and 747 jetliners
made at the Everett Wash actory are handed over to customers eatures three times
the ofce conerence and operational space as the old acility Curved architecture
allows airplanes to pull up close to the building And customized boarding bridges
make it easy or customers to access their new planes A dramatic photo o the deliverycenter at night can be downloaded as wallpaper or your computer screen at www
boeingcomrontiersdownloads PHOTO GAIL HANUSABOEING
Center o attention
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
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PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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AD WATCH The stories behind the ads in this issue o Frontiers
Inside cover Page 6 Back coverPages 36ndash37
This new ad orEnhanced Medium
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This ad shows Boeingappreciation or andgratitude toward theUS armed orcesIt will run in TheWashington Post andThe Seattle Times aswell as in regional trad
and military publications over the USMemorial Day holiday Boeing will aira similarly themed commercial on theldquoMeet the Pressrdquo television program
This adcongratulatesrecipientso BoeingrsquosSupplier o the Year awards
and reects last monthrsquos Boeing GlobalSupplier Conerence theme o ldquoOne
Team hellip Leading the Futurerdquo
ON THE COVER
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
20 Today Boeing is developing a next-generation tanker or the US Air Force to replacethe servicersquos aging Boeing-built KC-135 tankers But these older tankers remain vitalto deending reedom around the world Whatrsquos it like to reuel a thirsty fghter transportor another military aircrat at 20000 eet (6100 meters) with both planes zippingthrough the sky at some 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) In this Frontiers photoessay ride along on a KC-135 mission reueling a Boeing C-17 airliter over the Arizonadesert The reueling boom operator is Nicole Canada who when shersquos not serving
with the US Air Force Reserve works or Boeing Global Services amp SupportCOVER USING A CONTROL STICK IN HER LEFT HAND NICOLE CANADA MANEUVERS THE REFUELING BOOM OF A KC-135 TANKER THATrsquoS
ABOUT TO TRANSFER JET FUEL TO A C-17 AIRLIFTER BOB FERGUSONBOEING
PHOTO DURING AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING OPERATIONS THE HOST KC-135 AND RECEIVING C-17 FLY ONLY ABOUT 20 FEET (6 METERS) APART
A MIRROR REFLECTS THE IMAGE OF NICOLE CANADA AT HER REFUELING STATION IN THE TAIL OF THE KC-135 BOB FERGUSONBOEING
PRECISION PERFORMANCE
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Editorial director Anne Toulouse
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FRONTIERS STAFF
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEIt was a time when air travel was a grand adventure and passengers dressed up to enjoy theromance o ying across the country or an ocean Nothing symbolized that era better thanBoeingrsquos 314 Clipper which frst ew 75 years ago next month (The frst Clipper is shownhere ater launch rom the slipway at Boeing Plant 1 in Seattle in 1938) PHOTO BOEING ARCHIVES
10
BUILT TO LAST The UK is a major customer or Boeing military and commercial products and a key Boeingsupplier This special partnership began 75 years ago (Boeing is part o a team at Royal AirForce Waddington that provides Distributed Synthetic Air Landing Training shown to Royal AForce pilots and British Army orward air controllers and artillery personnel) PHOTO CROWN COPYRIG
30
ALL IN WITH BOEINGBoeing and Alaska Airlines enjoy a special bond They not only share a hometown Seattlebut Alaska is an all-Boeing customer and recently took delivery o its 100th Next-Generatio737 And it will be frst to y both the 737 MAX-8 and MAX-9 jetliners PHOTO BOB FERGUSONBOEI
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TAKING THE HEAT An innovative engine nozzle about the size o a Smart car and made o a ceramicmatrix composite that can withstand very high temperatures has been ground-testedby Boeing and its partners Itrsquos part o a Federal Aviation Administration programto accelerate new technologies that will help reduce aircrat uel burn emissionsand noise The next step will be ight testing o the nozzle on Boeingrsquos 2013ecoDemonstrator jetliner a 787 PHOTO BOB FERGUSONBOEING
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Inside
07 LEADERSHIPMESSAGEFor years Boeing has been advocatinor trade reorm to allow US companie
to better compete in the global marke
Now ater nearly our years in the
making new US trade rules will have
ar-reaching eects on aerospace say
Kathryn Greaney vice president o
Global Trade Controls
08
SNAPSHOT QUOTABLES
16WHY WErsquoRE HERE
17CUSTOMERPROFILE
41MILESTONES
46IN FOCUS
A lsquoFATIGUINGrsquo PROJECTBoeing is working with a group o airline pilots to better understand the eects o pilotatigue during long commercial ights and whether technology exists that can detectsymptoms o atigue in real time beore it aects pilot perormance PHOTO MARIAN LOCKHARTBOEING
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LEADERSHIP MESSAGE
A s one o the largest US exporters and a major importer
o parts and supplies Boeing has been advocating or
trade reorm or many years to allow US companies
to compete eectively in the global market while ensuring the
tightest controls on critical national technology
Almost our years in the making the frst set o rules underUS President Barack Obamarsquos Export Control Reorm take
eect this October These rules will mean changes in how we
design and build products how we market and talk about those
products and ultimately how we ship products and spare parts
and provide service to customers
Global Trade Controls (GTC) a part o the Ofce o Internal
Governance has been preparing or this since President Obama
announced the reorm eort in 2009 Boeing representatives rom
GTC and Government Operations have served on industry advisory
groups during the rule-making process and provided input to help
ensure the reorm meets its goal A variety o other organizations
have also supported export reorm including Business Roundtable
(an association o CEOs o leading US companies) and the
Presidentrsquos Export Council (which advises the president on trade
policy and programs to urther the administrationrsquos goal o doubling
US exports over fve years) Both are chaired by Boeing Chairman
President and Chie Executive Ofcer Jim McNerney
GTC also has been on its own reorm mission Our trade experts
have made it easier or anyone in Boeing to get help with trade ques-
tions deployed new tools and systems to make compliance easier
shortened internal cycle times and improved quality and service
We embedded GTC employees in the businesses to support
eorts such as ldquodesign or exportrdquo an initiative where GTC works
with programs and unctions like Engineering and Program
Management to take trade rules into account in product inception
and design Down the road having designs that already meet
export requirements could simpliy international marketing andsales and give us a competitive advantage
Boeing also imports components and supplies rom around
the world and ships products and parts between a multitude o
countries So the Global Trade Controls team is responsible or
enabling compliance with the trade rules o more than 100 nations
Despite this broad-ranging expertise remember that trade compli-
ance like all compliance issues such as saety regulations is a
personal responsibility or all Boeing employees
In Global Trade Controls we are committed to help Boeing
employees as well as our subsidiaries suppliers and partners
ensure we meet our trade standards which in many cases excee
government requirements Whether it is knowing where we can
or cannot market our products providing guidance to lower the
costs o import ees to make our products more aordable or
helping the businesses understand the impact o export reorm
GTC trade experts are a resource to help ensure Boeingrsquos succes
As export reorm rolls out in the US and trade rules evolve
around the world we continue to deepen our coordination with
our business partners Let us know whenever we can support
the success o your part o Boeingmdashand help keep the company
a global leader in trade and trade compliance nPHOTO PAUL PINNERBOEING
Kathryn Greaney Vice president Global Trade Controls
Trade transormationNew US trade rules will have ar-reachingeect on aerospace deense
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QUOTABLES
ldquoThe C-17 is one o
the greatest tools
ever presented to
the US militaryrdquo ndash Lt Gen Darren McDew commander
18th Air Force Scott Air Force Base Ill
speaking at del ivery ceremonies or the
US Air Forcersquos 220th C-17 Globemaster
March 27 at Boeingrsquos Long Beach Cali
nal assembly acility This C-17 was the
last scheduled or delivery to McChord
Air Force Base in Washington state
Boeing News Now March 29
ldquoThis is a great
time to be in the
space exploration
businessrdquo ndash Virginia A ldquoGingerrdquo Barnes newly
named vice president and program
manager or Boeingrsquos Space Launch
System program Boeing is designing
and developing the core stages o a
new heavy-li t rocket that wil l be able
to send astronauts on missions beyond
Earthrsquos orbit The rst fight or Space
Launch System is scheduled in 2017
Boeing News Now April 14
ldquoWersquore pleased
to deliver a world-
class airplane in
this world-class
spacerdquo ndash Tom Maxwell vice president Everett
Delivery Center commenting ondelivery o the rst plane a Thai Airways
777-300ER (Extended Range) rom the
just-completed Everett Wash acil ity
Boeing News Now April 10
Flanked by a Cargolux 747-8 Freighter an engine o which is shown here on the let
and an ANA 787 Dreamliner Boeing employees gather to celebrate the opening o the
new Everett Delivery Center April 3 The center where 787 777 767 and 747 jetliners
made at the Everett Wash actory are handed over to customers eatures three times
the ofce conerence and operational space as the old acility Curved architecture
allows airplanes to pull up close to the building And customized boarding bridges
make it easy or customers to access their new planes A dramatic photo o the deliverycenter at night can be downloaded as wallpaper or your computer screen at www
boeingcomrontiersdownloads PHOTO GAIL HANUSABOEING
Center o attention
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
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PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
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PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
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FRONTIERS STAFF
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEIt was a time when air travel was a grand adventure and passengers dressed up to enjoy theromance o ying across the country or an ocean Nothing symbolized that era better thanBoeingrsquos 314 Clipper which frst ew 75 years ago next month (The frst Clipper is shownhere ater launch rom the slipway at Boeing Plant 1 in Seattle in 1938) PHOTO BOEING ARCHIVES
10
BUILT TO LAST The UK is a major customer or Boeing military and commercial products and a key Boeingsupplier This special partnership began 75 years ago (Boeing is part o a team at Royal AirForce Waddington that provides Distributed Synthetic Air Landing Training shown to Royal AForce pilots and British Army orward air controllers and artillery personnel) PHOTO CROWN COPYRIG
30
ALL IN WITH BOEINGBoeing and Alaska Airlines enjoy a special bond They not only share a hometown Seattlebut Alaska is an all-Boeing customer and recently took delivery o its 100th Next-Generatio737 And it will be frst to y both the 737 MAX-8 and MAX-9 jetliners PHOTO BOB FERGUSONBOEI
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TAKING THE HEAT An innovative engine nozzle about the size o a Smart car and made o a ceramicmatrix composite that can withstand very high temperatures has been ground-testedby Boeing and its partners Itrsquos part o a Federal Aviation Administration programto accelerate new technologies that will help reduce aircrat uel burn emissionsand noise The next step will be ight testing o the nozzle on Boeingrsquos 2013ecoDemonstrator jetliner a 787 PHOTO BOB FERGUSONBOEING
26
Inside
07 LEADERSHIPMESSAGEFor years Boeing has been advocatinor trade reorm to allow US companie
to better compete in the global marke
Now ater nearly our years in the
making new US trade rules will have
ar-reaching eects on aerospace say
Kathryn Greaney vice president o
Global Trade Controls
08
SNAPSHOT QUOTABLES
16WHY WErsquoRE HERE
17CUSTOMERPROFILE
41MILESTONES
46IN FOCUS
A lsquoFATIGUINGrsquo PROJECTBoeing is working with a group o airline pilots to better understand the eects o pilotatigue during long commercial ights and whether technology exists that can detectsymptoms o atigue in real time beore it aects pilot perormance PHOTO MARIAN LOCKHARTBOEING
38
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LEADERSHIP MESSAGE
A s one o the largest US exporters and a major importer
o parts and supplies Boeing has been advocating or
trade reorm or many years to allow US companies
to compete eectively in the global market while ensuring the
tightest controls on critical national technology
Almost our years in the making the frst set o rules underUS President Barack Obamarsquos Export Control Reorm take
eect this October These rules will mean changes in how we
design and build products how we market and talk about those
products and ultimately how we ship products and spare parts
and provide service to customers
Global Trade Controls (GTC) a part o the Ofce o Internal
Governance has been preparing or this since President Obama
announced the reorm eort in 2009 Boeing representatives rom
GTC and Government Operations have served on industry advisory
groups during the rule-making process and provided input to help
ensure the reorm meets its goal A variety o other organizations
have also supported export reorm including Business Roundtable
(an association o CEOs o leading US companies) and the
Presidentrsquos Export Council (which advises the president on trade
policy and programs to urther the administrationrsquos goal o doubling
US exports over fve years) Both are chaired by Boeing Chairman
President and Chie Executive Ofcer Jim McNerney
GTC also has been on its own reorm mission Our trade experts
have made it easier or anyone in Boeing to get help with trade ques-
tions deployed new tools and systems to make compliance easier
shortened internal cycle times and improved quality and service
We embedded GTC employees in the businesses to support
eorts such as ldquodesign or exportrdquo an initiative where GTC works
with programs and unctions like Engineering and Program
Management to take trade rules into account in product inception
and design Down the road having designs that already meet
export requirements could simpliy international marketing andsales and give us a competitive advantage
Boeing also imports components and supplies rom around
the world and ships products and parts between a multitude o
countries So the Global Trade Controls team is responsible or
enabling compliance with the trade rules o more than 100 nations
Despite this broad-ranging expertise remember that trade compli-
ance like all compliance issues such as saety regulations is a
personal responsibility or all Boeing employees
In Global Trade Controls we are committed to help Boeing
employees as well as our subsidiaries suppliers and partners
ensure we meet our trade standards which in many cases excee
government requirements Whether it is knowing where we can
or cannot market our products providing guidance to lower the
costs o import ees to make our products more aordable or
helping the businesses understand the impact o export reorm
GTC trade experts are a resource to help ensure Boeingrsquos succes
As export reorm rolls out in the US and trade rules evolve
around the world we continue to deepen our coordination with
our business partners Let us know whenever we can support
the success o your part o Boeingmdashand help keep the company
a global leader in trade and trade compliance nPHOTO PAUL PINNERBOEING
Kathryn Greaney Vice president Global Trade Controls
Trade transormationNew US trade rules will have ar-reachingeect on aerospace deense
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QUOTABLES
ldquoThe C-17 is one o
the greatest tools
ever presented to
the US militaryrdquo ndash Lt Gen Darren McDew commander
18th Air Force Scott Air Force Base Ill
speaking at del ivery ceremonies or the
US Air Forcersquos 220th C-17 Globemaster
March 27 at Boeingrsquos Long Beach Cali
nal assembly acility This C-17 was the
last scheduled or delivery to McChord
Air Force Base in Washington state
Boeing News Now March 29
ldquoThis is a great
time to be in the
space exploration
businessrdquo ndash Virginia A ldquoGingerrdquo Barnes newly
named vice president and program
manager or Boeingrsquos Space Launch
System program Boeing is designing
and developing the core stages o a
new heavy-li t rocket that wil l be able
to send astronauts on missions beyond
Earthrsquos orbit The rst fight or Space
Launch System is scheduled in 2017
Boeing News Now April 14
ldquoWersquore pleased
to deliver a world-
class airplane in
this world-class
spacerdquo ndash Tom Maxwell vice president Everett
Delivery Center commenting ondelivery o the rst plane a Thai Airways
777-300ER (Extended Range) rom the
just-completed Everett Wash acil ity
Boeing News Now April 10
Flanked by a Cargolux 747-8 Freighter an engine o which is shown here on the let
and an ANA 787 Dreamliner Boeing employees gather to celebrate the opening o the
new Everett Delivery Center April 3 The center where 787 777 767 and 747 jetliners
made at the Everett Wash actory are handed over to customers eatures three times
the ofce conerence and operational space as the old acility Curved architecture
allows airplanes to pull up close to the building And customized boarding bridges
make it easy or customers to access their new planes A dramatic photo o the deliverycenter at night can be downloaded as wallpaper or your computer screen at www
boeingcomrontiersdownloads PHOTO GAIL HANUSABOEING
Center o attention
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
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Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TAKING THE HEAT An innovative engine nozzle about the size o a Smart car and made o a ceramicmatrix composite that can withstand very high temperatures has been ground-testedby Boeing and its partners Itrsquos part o a Federal Aviation Administration programto accelerate new technologies that will help reduce aircrat uel burn emissionsand noise The next step will be ight testing o the nozzle on Boeingrsquos 2013ecoDemonstrator jetliner a 787 PHOTO BOB FERGUSONBOEING
26
Inside
07 LEADERSHIPMESSAGEFor years Boeing has been advocatinor trade reorm to allow US companie
to better compete in the global marke
Now ater nearly our years in the
making new US trade rules will have
ar-reaching eects on aerospace say
Kathryn Greaney vice president o
Global Trade Controls
08
SNAPSHOT QUOTABLES
16WHY WErsquoRE HERE
17CUSTOMERPROFILE
41MILESTONES
46IN FOCUS
A lsquoFATIGUINGrsquo PROJECTBoeing is working with a group o airline pilots to better understand the eects o pilotatigue during long commercial ights and whether technology exists that can detectsymptoms o atigue in real time beore it aects pilot perormance PHOTO MARIAN LOCKHARTBOEING
38
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LEADERSHIP MESSAGE
A s one o the largest US exporters and a major importer
o parts and supplies Boeing has been advocating or
trade reorm or many years to allow US companies
to compete eectively in the global market while ensuring the
tightest controls on critical national technology
Almost our years in the making the frst set o rules underUS President Barack Obamarsquos Export Control Reorm take
eect this October These rules will mean changes in how we
design and build products how we market and talk about those
products and ultimately how we ship products and spare parts
and provide service to customers
Global Trade Controls (GTC) a part o the Ofce o Internal
Governance has been preparing or this since President Obama
announced the reorm eort in 2009 Boeing representatives rom
GTC and Government Operations have served on industry advisory
groups during the rule-making process and provided input to help
ensure the reorm meets its goal A variety o other organizations
have also supported export reorm including Business Roundtable
(an association o CEOs o leading US companies) and the
Presidentrsquos Export Council (which advises the president on trade
policy and programs to urther the administrationrsquos goal o doubling
US exports over fve years) Both are chaired by Boeing Chairman
President and Chie Executive Ofcer Jim McNerney
GTC also has been on its own reorm mission Our trade experts
have made it easier or anyone in Boeing to get help with trade ques-
tions deployed new tools and systems to make compliance easier
shortened internal cycle times and improved quality and service
We embedded GTC employees in the businesses to support
eorts such as ldquodesign or exportrdquo an initiative where GTC works
with programs and unctions like Engineering and Program
Management to take trade rules into account in product inception
and design Down the road having designs that already meet
export requirements could simpliy international marketing andsales and give us a competitive advantage
Boeing also imports components and supplies rom around
the world and ships products and parts between a multitude o
countries So the Global Trade Controls team is responsible or
enabling compliance with the trade rules o more than 100 nations
Despite this broad-ranging expertise remember that trade compli-
ance like all compliance issues such as saety regulations is a
personal responsibility or all Boeing employees
In Global Trade Controls we are committed to help Boeing
employees as well as our subsidiaries suppliers and partners
ensure we meet our trade standards which in many cases excee
government requirements Whether it is knowing where we can
or cannot market our products providing guidance to lower the
costs o import ees to make our products more aordable or
helping the businesses understand the impact o export reorm
GTC trade experts are a resource to help ensure Boeingrsquos succes
As export reorm rolls out in the US and trade rules evolve
around the world we continue to deepen our coordination with
our business partners Let us know whenever we can support
the success o your part o Boeingmdashand help keep the company
a global leader in trade and trade compliance nPHOTO PAUL PINNERBOEING
Kathryn Greaney Vice president Global Trade Controls
Trade transormationNew US trade rules will have ar-reachingeect on aerospace deense
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SNAPSHOT
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QUOTABLES
ldquoThe C-17 is one o
the greatest tools
ever presented to
the US militaryrdquo ndash Lt Gen Darren McDew commander
18th Air Force Scott Air Force Base Ill
speaking at del ivery ceremonies or the
US Air Forcersquos 220th C-17 Globemaster
March 27 at Boeingrsquos Long Beach Cali
nal assembly acility This C-17 was the
last scheduled or delivery to McChord
Air Force Base in Washington state
Boeing News Now March 29
ldquoThis is a great
time to be in the
space exploration
businessrdquo ndash Virginia A ldquoGingerrdquo Barnes newly
named vice president and program
manager or Boeingrsquos Space Launch
System program Boeing is designing
and developing the core stages o a
new heavy-li t rocket that wil l be able
to send astronauts on missions beyond
Earthrsquos orbit The rst fight or Space
Launch System is scheduled in 2017
Boeing News Now April 14
ldquoWersquore pleased
to deliver a world-
class airplane in
this world-class
spacerdquo ndash Tom Maxwell vice president Everett
Delivery Center commenting ondelivery o the rst plane a Thai Airways
777-300ER (Extended Range) rom the
just-completed Everett Wash acil ity
Boeing News Now April 10
Flanked by a Cargolux 747-8 Freighter an engine o which is shown here on the let
and an ANA 787 Dreamliner Boeing employees gather to celebrate the opening o the
new Everett Delivery Center April 3 The center where 787 777 767 and 747 jetliners
made at the Everett Wash actory are handed over to customers eatures three times
the ofce conerence and operational space as the old acility Curved architecture
allows airplanes to pull up close to the building And customized boarding bridges
make it easy or customers to access their new planes A dramatic photo o the deliverycenter at night can be downloaded as wallpaper or your computer screen at www
boeingcomrontiersdownloads PHOTO GAIL HANUSABOEING
Center o attention
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
wwwboeingcomfrontiersvideosmay2
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
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PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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oom ng
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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LEADERSHIP MESSAGE
A s one o the largest US exporters and a major importer
o parts and supplies Boeing has been advocating or
trade reorm or many years to allow US companies
to compete eectively in the global market while ensuring the
tightest controls on critical national technology
Almost our years in the making the frst set o rules underUS President Barack Obamarsquos Export Control Reorm take
eect this October These rules will mean changes in how we
design and build products how we market and talk about those
products and ultimately how we ship products and spare parts
and provide service to customers
Global Trade Controls (GTC) a part o the Ofce o Internal
Governance has been preparing or this since President Obama
announced the reorm eort in 2009 Boeing representatives rom
GTC and Government Operations have served on industry advisory
groups during the rule-making process and provided input to help
ensure the reorm meets its goal A variety o other organizations
have also supported export reorm including Business Roundtable
(an association o CEOs o leading US companies) and the
Presidentrsquos Export Council (which advises the president on trade
policy and programs to urther the administrationrsquos goal o doubling
US exports over fve years) Both are chaired by Boeing Chairman
President and Chie Executive Ofcer Jim McNerney
GTC also has been on its own reorm mission Our trade experts
have made it easier or anyone in Boeing to get help with trade ques-
tions deployed new tools and systems to make compliance easier
shortened internal cycle times and improved quality and service
We embedded GTC employees in the businesses to support
eorts such as ldquodesign or exportrdquo an initiative where GTC works
with programs and unctions like Engineering and Program
Management to take trade rules into account in product inception
and design Down the road having designs that already meet
export requirements could simpliy international marketing andsales and give us a competitive advantage
Boeing also imports components and supplies rom around
the world and ships products and parts between a multitude o
countries So the Global Trade Controls team is responsible or
enabling compliance with the trade rules o more than 100 nations
Despite this broad-ranging expertise remember that trade compli-
ance like all compliance issues such as saety regulations is a
personal responsibility or all Boeing employees
In Global Trade Controls we are committed to help Boeing
employees as well as our subsidiaries suppliers and partners
ensure we meet our trade standards which in many cases excee
government requirements Whether it is knowing where we can
or cannot market our products providing guidance to lower the
costs o import ees to make our products more aordable or
helping the businesses understand the impact o export reorm
GTC trade experts are a resource to help ensure Boeingrsquos succes
As export reorm rolls out in the US and trade rules evolve
around the world we continue to deepen our coordination with
our business partners Let us know whenever we can support
the success o your part o Boeingmdashand help keep the company
a global leader in trade and trade compliance nPHOTO PAUL PINNERBOEING
Kathryn Greaney Vice president Global Trade Controls
Trade transormationNew US trade rules will have ar-reachingeect on aerospace deense
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SNAPSHOT
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QUOTABLES
ldquoThe C-17 is one o
the greatest tools
ever presented to
the US militaryrdquo ndash Lt Gen Darren McDew commander
18th Air Force Scott Air Force Base Ill
speaking at del ivery ceremonies or the
US Air Forcersquos 220th C-17 Globemaster
March 27 at Boeingrsquos Long Beach Cali
nal assembly acility This C-17 was the
last scheduled or delivery to McChord
Air Force Base in Washington state
Boeing News Now March 29
ldquoThis is a great
time to be in the
space exploration
businessrdquo ndash Virginia A ldquoGingerrdquo Barnes newly
named vice president and program
manager or Boeingrsquos Space Launch
System program Boeing is designing
and developing the core stages o a
new heavy-li t rocket that wil l be able
to send astronauts on missions beyond
Earthrsquos orbit The rst fight or Space
Launch System is scheduled in 2017
Boeing News Now April 14
ldquoWersquore pleased
to deliver a world-
class airplane in
this world-class
spacerdquo ndash Tom Maxwell vice president Everett
Delivery Center commenting ondelivery o the rst plane a Thai Airways
777-300ER (Extended Range) rom the
just-completed Everett Wash acil ity
Boeing News Now April 10
Flanked by a Cargolux 747-8 Freighter an engine o which is shown here on the let
and an ANA 787 Dreamliner Boeing employees gather to celebrate the opening o the
new Everett Delivery Center April 3 The center where 787 777 767 and 747 jetliners
made at the Everett Wash actory are handed over to customers eatures three times
the ofce conerence and operational space as the old acility Curved architecture
allows airplanes to pull up close to the building And customized boarding bridges
make it easy or customers to access their new planes A dramatic photo o the deliverycenter at night can be downloaded as wallpaper or your computer screen at www
boeingcomrontiersdownloads PHOTO GAIL HANUSABOEING
Center o attention
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
0 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
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Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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oom ng
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
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Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
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Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
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Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
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Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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LEADERSHIP MESSAGE
A s one o the largest US exporters and a major importer
o parts and supplies Boeing has been advocating or
trade reorm or many years to allow US companies
to compete eectively in the global market while ensuring the
tightest controls on critical national technology
Almost our years in the making the frst set o rules underUS President Barack Obamarsquos Export Control Reorm take
eect this October These rules will mean changes in how we
design and build products how we market and talk about those
products and ultimately how we ship products and spare parts
and provide service to customers
Global Trade Controls (GTC) a part o the Ofce o Internal
Governance has been preparing or this since President Obama
announced the reorm eort in 2009 Boeing representatives rom
GTC and Government Operations have served on industry advisory
groups during the rule-making process and provided input to help
ensure the reorm meets its goal A variety o other organizations
have also supported export reorm including Business Roundtable
(an association o CEOs o leading US companies) and the
Presidentrsquos Export Council (which advises the president on trade
policy and programs to urther the administrationrsquos goal o doubling
US exports over fve years) Both are chaired by Boeing Chairman
President and Chie Executive Ofcer Jim McNerney
GTC also has been on its own reorm mission Our trade experts
have made it easier or anyone in Boeing to get help with trade ques-
tions deployed new tools and systems to make compliance easier
shortened internal cycle times and improved quality and service
We embedded GTC employees in the businesses to support
eorts such as ldquodesign or exportrdquo an initiative where GTC works
with programs and unctions like Engineering and Program
Management to take trade rules into account in product inception
and design Down the road having designs that already meet
export requirements could simpliy international marketing andsales and give us a competitive advantage
Boeing also imports components and supplies rom around
the world and ships products and parts between a multitude o
countries So the Global Trade Controls team is responsible or
enabling compliance with the trade rules o more than 100 nations
Despite this broad-ranging expertise remember that trade compli-
ance like all compliance issues such as saety regulations is a
personal responsibility or all Boeing employees
In Global Trade Controls we are committed to help Boeing
employees as well as our subsidiaries suppliers and partners
ensure we meet our trade standards which in many cases excee
government requirements Whether it is knowing where we can
or cannot market our products providing guidance to lower the
costs o import ees to make our products more aordable or
helping the businesses understand the impact o export reorm
GTC trade experts are a resource to help ensure Boeingrsquos succes
As export reorm rolls out in the US and trade rules evolve
around the world we continue to deepen our coordination with
our business partners Let us know whenever we can support
the success o your part o Boeingmdashand help keep the company
a global leader in trade and trade compliance nPHOTO PAUL PINNERBOEING
Kathryn Greaney Vice president Global Trade Controls
Trade transormationNew US trade rules will have ar-reachingeect on aerospace deense
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SNAPSHOT
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QUOTABLES
ldquoThe C-17 is one o
the greatest tools
ever presented to
the US militaryrdquo ndash Lt Gen Darren McDew commander
18th Air Force Scott Air Force Base Ill
speaking at del ivery ceremonies or the
US Air Forcersquos 220th C-17 Globemaster
March 27 at Boeingrsquos Long Beach Cali
nal assembly acility This C-17 was the
last scheduled or delivery to McChord
Air Force Base in Washington state
Boeing News Now March 29
ldquoThis is a great
time to be in the
space exploration
businessrdquo ndash Virginia A ldquoGingerrdquo Barnes newly
named vice president and program
manager or Boeingrsquos Space Launch
System program Boeing is designing
and developing the core stages o a
new heavy-li t rocket that wil l be able
to send astronauts on missions beyond
Earthrsquos orbit The rst fight or Space
Launch System is scheduled in 2017
Boeing News Now April 14
ldquoWersquore pleased
to deliver a world-
class airplane in
this world-class
spacerdquo ndash Tom Maxwell vice president Everett
Delivery Center commenting ondelivery o the rst plane a Thai Airways
777-300ER (Extended Range) rom the
just-completed Everett Wash acil ity
Boeing News Now April 10
Flanked by a Cargolux 747-8 Freighter an engine o which is shown here on the let
and an ANA 787 Dreamliner Boeing employees gather to celebrate the opening o the
new Everett Delivery Center April 3 The center where 787 777 767 and 747 jetliners
made at the Everett Wash actory are handed over to customers eatures three times
the ofce conerence and operational space as the old acility Curved architecture
allows airplanes to pull up close to the building And customized boarding bridges
make it easy or customers to access their new planes A dramatic photo o the deliverycenter at night can be downloaded as wallpaper or your computer screen at www
boeingcomrontiersdownloads PHOTO GAIL HANUSABOEING
Center o attention
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
0 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
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PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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SNAPSHOT
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QUOTABLES
ldquoThe C-17 is one o
the greatest tools
ever presented to
the US militaryrdquo ndash Lt Gen Darren McDew commander
18th Air Force Scott Air Force Base Ill
speaking at del ivery ceremonies or the
US Air Forcersquos 220th C-17 Globemaster
March 27 at Boeingrsquos Long Beach Cali
nal assembly acility This C-17 was the
last scheduled or delivery to McChord
Air Force Base in Washington state
Boeing News Now March 29
ldquoThis is a great
time to be in the
space exploration
businessrdquo ndash Virginia A ldquoGingerrdquo Barnes newly
named vice president and program
manager or Boeingrsquos Space Launch
System program Boeing is designing
and developing the core stages o a
new heavy-li t rocket that wil l be able
to send astronauts on missions beyond
Earthrsquos orbit The rst fight or Space
Launch System is scheduled in 2017
Boeing News Now April 14
ldquoWersquore pleased
to deliver a world-
class airplane in
this world-class
spacerdquo ndash Tom Maxwell vice president Everett
Delivery Center commenting ondelivery o the rst plane a Thai Airways
777-300ER (Extended Range) rom the
just-completed Everett Wash acil ity
Boeing News Now April 10
Flanked by a Cargolux 747-8 Freighter an engine o which is shown here on the let
and an ANA 787 Dreamliner Boeing employees gather to celebrate the opening o the
new Everett Delivery Center April 3 The center where 787 777 767 and 747 jetliners
made at the Everett Wash actory are handed over to customers eatures three times
the ofce conerence and operational space as the old acility Curved architecture
allows airplanes to pull up close to the building And customized boarding bridges
make it easy or customers to access their new planes A dramatic photo o the deliverycenter at night can be downloaded as wallpaper or your computer screen at www
boeingcomrontiersdownloads PHOTO GAIL HANUSABOEING
Center o attention
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
0 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
4 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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oom ng
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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IN FOCUS
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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QUOTABLES
ldquoThe C-17 is one o
the greatest tools
ever presented to
the US militaryrdquo ndash Lt Gen Darren McDew commander
18th Air Force Scott Air Force Base Ill
speaking at del ivery ceremonies or the
US Air Forcersquos 220th C-17 Globemaster
March 27 at Boeingrsquos Long Beach Cali
nal assembly acility This C-17 was the
last scheduled or delivery to McChord
Air Force Base in Washington state
Boeing News Now March 29
ldquoThis is a great
time to be in the
space exploration
businessrdquo ndash Virginia A ldquoGingerrdquo Barnes newly
named vice president and program
manager or Boeingrsquos Space Launch
System program Boeing is designing
and developing the core stages o a
new heavy-li t rocket that wil l be able
to send astronauts on missions beyond
Earthrsquos orbit The rst fight or Space
Launch System is scheduled in 2017
Boeing News Now April 14
ldquoWersquore pleased
to deliver a world-
class airplane in
this world-class
spacerdquo ndash Tom Maxwell vice president Everett
Delivery Center commenting ondelivery o the rst plane a Thai Airways
777-300ER (Extended Range) rom the
just-completed Everett Wash acil ity
Boeing News Now April 10
Flanked by a Cargolux 747-8 Freighter an engine o which is shown here on the let
and an ANA 787 Dreamliner Boeing employees gather to celebrate the opening o the
new Everett Delivery Center April 3 The center where 787 777 767 and 747 jetliners
made at the Everett Wash actory are handed over to customers eatures three times
the ofce conerence and operational space as the old acility Curved architecture
allows airplanes to pull up close to the building And customized boarding bridges
make it easy or customers to access their new planes A dramatic photo o the deliverycenter at night can be downloaded as wallpaper or your computer screen at www
boeingcomrontiersdownloads PHOTO GAIL HANUSABOEING
Center o attention
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
0 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
4 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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oom ng
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Long beore the 747 camealong Boeing Clipper waslsquoQueen o the SkiesrsquoBy Mike Lombardi
0 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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IN FOCUS
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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t has come to symbolize a time when the
romance o air travel was a grand adven-
ture Even its name ldquoClipperrdquo evokes
images o tall ships crossing the seas
This majestic giant the Boeing 314
Clipper skimmed over the waters o Elliot
Bay and took to the skies above Seattle on
its frst ight 75 years ago next month At thetime it was the worldrsquos largest production
commercial airplane and would become
the ultimate in transoceanic elegance Like
its descendant the 747 the Clipper was
crowned ldquoQueen o the Skiesrdquo
The Clipper story begins with Boeing
engineer Wellwood Beall who was asked
about trans-Pacifc air travel while on a trip
to China in 1935 to fnalize a contract or
the sale o 10 Boeing P-26 fghters
ldquoIt will be 10 to 15 years beore that
sort o thing is commercially practicalrdquo
he was quoted as saying
Later on the long boat trip back rom
China Beall began to regret that statement
Upon his return to Boeing Beall saw the
work being done on the giant wing or an
experimental airplane later known as the
XB-15 It was the largest plane in theUnited States at the time and that wing
became the spark o inspiration or an
ocean-spanning ying boat
Beall drew up the design or the ying
boat at home working at his dining room
table His eorts paid o In July 1936
Pan American Airways presented Boeing
with a ormal order or six and an option
or six more o the airplanes known as the
Model 314 Clipper
Two years later on June 7 1938
Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the Clipp
up rom Seattlersquos Elliott Bay on its frst igh
During the 38-minute trip the Clipper ew
north to Everett where Boeing would later
build the 747 and its other twin-aisle jet-
liners beore landing in Lake Washington
on the east side o Seattle where Boeing
had set up a ight-test acilityEarly in the ight-test program Eddie Alle
determined that the 314 did not have enoug
lateral control and the airplanersquos single tail
was replaced with a new triple-tail design
Following certifcation and ater a shake
down ight rom San Francisco to Hong Kon
the Clipper entered service ying passenge
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTO The ldquoCaliornia Clipperrdquo operatedby Pan American Airways arrives overSan Francisco Bay PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIBRARIES
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
wwwboeingcomfrontiersvideosmay2
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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oom ng
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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IN FOCUS
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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across the PacicmdashSan Francisco to Sin-
gapore In June 1939 regular trans-Atlantic
passenger service began rom New York
to Marseille The service was twice weekly
weather permitting and took about 23 hours
The cost one way was $395 or about
$6500 in todayrsquos dollars
Those who could aord to fy in the Clipperwere treated as i in a luxury hotel Although
the plane could accommodate 10 crew and
74 passengers most overnight fights carried
ewer than 30 passengers The 314rsquos inte-
rior included a separate honeymoon suite
known as the ldquoDeluxe Compartmentrdquo ully
set dining room tables a bar a ull-service
galley and passenger compartments with
plush chairs sleeping berths and vanities
But the 314 was introduced as war
clouds gathered over Europe making the
Atlantic routes covered by the Clipper a vital
military lieline O Pan Americanrsquos 12 Clip-
pers three were used by British Overseas
Airways Corp and the rest drated into
service with the US military One o those
military Clippers served as the rst ldquoAir Force
Onerdquo transporting Franklin D Roosevelt
rom Miami to the Casablanca Conerencein Morocco in January 1943 where the US
president met with British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy
As amazing as the Clippers were the
rapid pace o technology during the war
drove fying boats into obsolescence Even
as the Clipper entered service aircrat such
as the Focke-Wul FW-200 Condor and the
pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner were
able to cross the Atlantic oretelling a uture
dominated by land-based transports
Ater a mere decade o service the
Clippers disappearedmdashall were scuttled
or scrapped But the Clipper began the
Boeing heritage o pioneering large globe
spanning commercial planes that would
eventually make airline service possible
or everyone not just a privileged ew
Today Boeingrsquos emphasis on an outstaning passenger experience on all o its jetliner
especially the 787 Dreamliner is a tribute
to the romance o fight symbolized by the
Boeing Clipper a plane that ater 75 years
still serves as a reminder that air travel onc
was and can still be a thrilling adventure
michaeljlombardi boeingcom
Read more about the Clipper on Page 30
To see a related video visit
wwwboeingcomfrontiersvideosmay2
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
4 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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oom ng
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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Those who
could aord to
fy in the Clipper
were treated as
i they were ina luxury hotel
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
PHOTOS (Top let) The Clipper on its frstight over Seattlersquos Elliott Bay June 1938
The single tail was later replaced with atriple-tail design (Top right) Fine cuisine wasserved in the dining compartments (Right)
A new Clipper prepares or frst ight atElliott Bay The 314A Clipper had a 152-oot(46-meter) wingspan and an almost 5200-mile (8400-kilometer) range BOEING ARCHIVES
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
4 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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Alaska Airlines and Boeingare neighborsmdashand partnersin success
All Boeing and proud o it
MESSAGE FROM A CUSTOMER
4 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
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Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
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Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
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Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
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Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
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Everyone remembers their frst com-
mercial ight Mine was aboard a
small charter plane operated by
Winship Air Services on Dec 17 1976
rom Dutch Harbor Alaska to Anchorage
Irsquod just spent fve months working on a
king crab fshing and processing boatmdash
long beore the ldquoDeadliest Catchrdquo made
crab fshing cool My second ight aboard
a spacious red-tailed Northwest Orient
747 jumbo jet could not have been a
nicer more comortable way to ride home
to amily and riends in SeattleWinship ceased operations long ago
and Northwest is now part o Delta But
ater more than our decades the 747 is
still ying around the world Thatrsquos because
Boeing wisely continued to improve it with
the -400 series and now the 747-8
This reminds me how change is
constant in aviation One good thing that
hasnrsquot changed though is the partnership
between Boeing and Alaska Airlines Itrsquos a
great relationship thatrsquos endured or nearly
hal a centurymdashever since we bought three
727s in 1964 Wersquore proud to share a home-
town with the company that builds all our
airplanes and has played a pioneering role
since aviationrsquos early days
One defnition o a partnership is
an arrangement where parties agree to
cooperate to advance mutual interests
Those words capture our relationship well
Thousands o us at Alaska and Boeing are
ocused on making the 737 successul
which has and will continue to advance
both companies
Itrsquos not always easy Just as therersquosconstant change therersquos no shortage o
challenges in the airline business Skyrock-
eting uel costs multiple bankruptcies and
mergers and never-ending competition are
just a ew When Alaska was struggling with
these challenges and needed to transorm
itsel in the early 2000s our hometown
partner stepped up to help us
Wersquod been ying the 737 or years but
our acquisition o Next-Generation 737s
represented a milestone that helped us
spread our wings and become a national
airline Since 2001 wersquove added 16 cities
east o the Rocky Mountains to our net-
work The 737-800 also gave us the
capability to y nonstop to Hawaiirsquos our
major islands helping our customers avoid
changing planes in Honolulu and creating
a great growth market or Alaska Airlines
Our customers are pleased with the
Next-Generation 737 and so are we Theaircratrsquos uel efciency has signifcantly
reduced our costs and is the primary actor
in cutting our carbon emissions by nearly
one-third since 2004 The operational ver-
satility o the NGsmdashand the added capacity
o the -900ERs (Extended Range) we started
ying last allmdashare crucial so we can oer
our customers low ares and compete more
eectively against our biggest competitors
low-cost carriers Our quest or efciency
is also why Alaska placed frm orders or
another 50 airplanes plus options last
all to keep our growing eet modern andwhy we decided to be the frst airline to y
both the MAX-8 and MAX-9 Alaskarsquos utu
depends on the MAX meeting its promised
uel burn savings and delivering on schedul
Thanks or doing your part
Alaska Airlines took delivery o our 100
737-NG in February Like all o our aircrat
the nose bears a decal that no other airline
has and it says ldquoProudly All Boeingrdquo To
you our riends and neighbors at Boeing
thank you or building the worldrsquos greatest
airplanes And we appreciate it when you
choose to y home with usSee you around town n
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines recently
took delivery o its 100th Boeing
Next-Generation 737 Mark Eliasen
the airlinersquos vice president o nance
and treasurer talks about the long-term
relationship between Boeing and
Alaska Airlines
PHOTOS (Far let) Mark Eliasenvice president o fnance and treasurer
Alaska Airlines BOB FERGUSONBOEING (Above) An artistrsquos concept o the 737 MAX-8 in Alaska Airlines livery ALASKA AIRLINES
ldquoWersquore proud toshare a hometownwith the companythat builds all ourairplanes and hasplayed a pioneeringrole since aviationrsquosearly daysrdquo
ndash Mark Eliasen vice president o fnance and treasurer Alaska Airlines
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
kathleenmcvey boeingcom
Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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IN FOCUS
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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WHY WErsquoRE HERE
My ofcial job title is Ofce Administrator That means a
lot o dierent things but in essence it means making
sure my manager can do his job o providing support
or F-15 aircrat customers I know he canrsquot ocus on his job
i he has to spend his time on routine administrative tasks So
I do those thingsmdashlike correspondence schedule management
meeting setup and travel arrangementsmdashthat ree him to do
what he does best
Irsquove ound that success as an ofce administrator depends
on three things The frst is teamwork It may seem like ofce
administrators are solo workers but a lot depends on com-
munication and networking Since no one person is an expert
in everything ofce administrators or OAs have to work togetherto understand and to maximize all the systems Boeing uses For
instance I may need othersrsquo help in procurement Or someone
may need my help in coordinating international travel I learned
a long time ago that itrsquos not just about supporting our immediate
supervisors or teams itrsquos about asking or help when I need it
and helping others as they support their teams
Another quality that comes in handy or an OA is recognizing
that every person and every job is important Although my
frst responsibility is to my immediate manager opportunities
oten come up to help other OAs help their teams and vice
versa I canrsquot have the attitude ldquothatrsquos your job not minerdquo Wersquore
here to help one another succeed Itrsquos like the links in a bicycle
chain Every link in the chain is needed to keep the bike moving
The third thing that helps me as an OA is ocus I recently
completed the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona
Hawaii I successully completed a 24-mile (4-kilometer) swim a
112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and a 262-mile (42-kilometer)
run To succeed I had to learn to ocus on each individual com-
ponent not everything at once I had to frst ocus on qualiying
Once in the race I couldnrsquot think about the bicycle while I was
swimming and I couldnrsquot worry about how tired I would be or
the marathon beore I fnished that bike ride I had to keep my
ocus on the immediate task at hand One step one strokeone mile at a time
I use that same ocus at work That doesnrsquot mean I donrsquot
have to multitask at times but or the most part I ocus on the
fnish line or each individual task until itrsquos complete
The job o an ofce administrator is oten behind the scenes
But that doesnrsquot bother me I know my job is important OAs are
like the timekeeper in a race You donrsquot notice the timekeeper
until the clockrsquos not working Although my job is behind the
scenes I enjoy keeping that clock ticking n
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Going the distanceFor this oce administrator teamwork and ocus are key By Kay McVey and photo by Peter George
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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F ortune magazine called Delta Air
Lines one o the Most Admired
Companies in 2012 ranking it frst
in the airline industry
And in 2013 the airline is clearly still
on the move
ldquoIt is a particularly exciting time to be
at Delta given the momentum we have
garneredrdquo said Richard Anderson Deltarsquoschie executive ofcer ldquoWe are running
a better airline than at any other time in
our historyrdquo
Delta made progress with several
strategic initiatives to enhance customer
service strengthen market share and miti-
gate uel costs according to Anderson
For example the airline expanded at
LaGuardia Airport in New York It also
announced a venture with Virgin Atlantic
Airways which greatly expands Deltarsquos
presence at London Heathrow AirportDelta ocused on growing its Latin America
presence with partners such as GOL
and Aeromexico
Delta also made a bold move to control
uel costs by purchasing the Trainer refnery
near Philadelphia The refnery is capable
o processing 185000 barrels per day
The airline is also taking two additional
steps in its ongoing domestic eet optimi-
zation initiative Anderson noted This year
Delta will welcome two new mainline (non-
regional eet) airplane models the Next-
Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range)
and the 717 Delta launched its domestic
eet revitalization in 2010 ocusing on
improving proftability while enhancing
customer experience
ldquoA key component o Deltarsquos strategy
is making prudent investments or the
uture while maintaining our fnancial andcapacity disciplinerdquo Anderson explained
ldquoWith the Next-Generation 737-900ER
we can give our customers a superior
in-ight experience while improving
shareholder returnsrdquo
The 737-900ERs will primarily be
replacing aging 757 767 and Airbus
A320 airplanes in Deltarsquos eet
The 717s come to Delta through an
agreement with Southwest Airlines and
Boeing to acquire 88 717-200s currently
in service with Southwest subsidiary AirTra
Airways The airplanesmdasha ull-size twinjet
manuactured by Boeing ater its merger
with McDonnell Douglas or the short-rang
100-seat regional airline marketmdashwill oer
an enhanced customer experience and
greater cost efciency compared with the
small 50-seat regional jets they will replace
according to Anderson The 717s and 737-900ERs are part o
Deltarsquos investment in the customer experi-
ence Anderson said That also includes
investing more than $3 billion in technology
employee training eet upgrades and
enhancements to airport acilities worldwid
But Deltarsquos success Anderson
pointed out is ultimately a credit to its
80000 employees
ldquoThanks to the hard work and dedica-
tion o our employees worldwide we are
industry leaders in operational excellencefnancial perormance and customer satis-
actionrdquo Anderson said ldquoOur investments
in the customer experience continue to pa
o but it is the investment in our people
where we see the results every dayrdquo n
timsbader boeingcom
Ater a strong perormance last year Delta Air Lines is ying highBy Tim BaderDELTA orce
ldquoWe arerunning abetter airlinethan at anyother timein ourhistoryrdquo
ndash Richard Anderson chie executiveofcer Delta Air Lines
GRAPHIC Delta is scheduled to receiveits frst Next-Generation 737-900ER(Extended Range) in September BOEING
CUSTOMER PROFILE
PHOTO DELTA AIR LINES
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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A s goalie or an ice hockey team in
Ridley Township Pa Bill Ripley eels
hersquos in the best position in the rink
ldquoIrsquom the saest guy on the icerdquo said Ripleychie engineer Joint Multi-role Technology
Demonstrator Program and a Boeing on the
Move team captain ldquoIrsquove got all the padsrdquo
Since a group at the site began playing
hockey together two years ago Ripley is
one o the teamrsquos success stories With the
Boeing ftness center in Ridley Township
and hockey he has lost nearly 70 pounds
(31 kilograms) and consistently is the teamrsquos
Boeing on the Move high stepper averaging
more than 20000 steps a day
ldquoItrsquos about fnding the thing that isnrsquot
workrdquo Ripley said o what motivates him to
exercise ldquoBoeing on the Move was some-
thing we could do as a team And everything
is easier when yoursquore doing it with a teamrdquo
This year the team will have a chance to
compete again in Boeing on the Move Reg-
istration is open rom May 13 to May 31 and
the eight-week challenge runs rom June 10
to Aug 4 or active employees worldwide
As an incentive to keep moving Boeing
on-site ftness centers will be ree to new
and current employee members in June
and July Employees in the United Stateswithout access to an on-site center can
look to the Boeing Discount Program or
discounts on community ftness center
memberships and exercise equipment
Now in its ourth year Boeing on the
Move has been very successul said Tony
Parasida senior vice president o Human
Resources and Administration
ldquoParticipation has been growing and
itrsquos paying omdashputting us on the road to
better healthrdquo he said
Last year Parasida noted more than
79000 employees participated a 34 per-
cent increase rom the year beore This
year the challenge will be two weekslonger and employees can enter activity
online through the new ShapeUp website
which oers an enhanced tracking tool
The Ridley Township hockey team o
engineers and mechanics rom the site is
looking orward to this yearrsquos challenge
according to Frank Travaglini chie engineer
or the Chinook UK Mk6 program
ldquoWe have young guys entry level senior
managers and we all eel like equalsrdquo he
said ldquoWersquore all ages rom 23 to 53rdquo
Travaglini said the Sunday night hockey
games orce him to keep his conditioning up
ldquoIt also allows the site to bondrdquo said Mike
Marano the teamrsquos winger and manager
o system saety or Chinook programs In
act ater a championship season this past
winter an image o the teammates with their
trophy rotated on the sitersquos monitors
More than camaraderie on the ice team-
mates help one another stay motivated in
their workouts and during the Boeing on the
Move physical activity challenge They work
out together at the Boeing ftness center have
created their own Boeing on the Move team(called ldquoWildebeests on the Moverdquo ater their
hockey team the Wildebeests) and push
one another to stay ft or that weekrsquos game
ldquoHockey gives me a goalrdquo Marano said
ldquoI know I need to run that extra fve minutes
And every week I can see my resultsrdquo
Participants who are based in the United
States will be able to text their activity or
automatic uploading to the ShapeUp web-
site and worldwide participants can link
ftness devices and mobile apps such as
lsquoBoeing on the Moversquo is back with more opportunities or employees to be activBy Alex Wilson and photos by Alan Chalfn
Fitbit RunKeeper and BodyMedia to the
ShapeUp website or automated tracking
Teams are limited to 20 people this yea
to encourage more interaction and accounability The ShapeUp website also promote
social networking opportunities such as
the ability to invite others to be ldquosupporter
and engage colleagues in challenges
Next month Ridley Townshiprsquos hockey
players will be encouraging one another
to exercise just that little bit more during
Boeing on the Move Ripley said adding
he eels better ater losing weight
His advice or employees who are inter-
ested in transorming themselves the way h
did ldquoWe all have amilies riends and fxed
schedules You just need to make timerdquo n
alexandermwilsonboeingcom
EXTRA MOTIVATIONEmployees can earn up to $100 in git
cards or the equivalent in local currencieor international locally hired employees
To earn $50 employees need to track
activity at least one day or each week
and average 6000 steps or 15 exercise
minutes per day To earn $100 employee
need to track activity at least one day or
each week and average a total o 12000
steps or 30 exercise minutes per day
For more inormation visit Boeing
TotalAccess and click My Well Being
PHOTOS (From ar let) Dave Kohl ore-ground skates to the puck No 26 KevinFegely rom let Bill Ripley III Bill Ripley Jrand Tom Cavanaugh Bill Ripley III pushes thpuck up the ice Nate Deorest oregroundand Frank Travaglini watch rom the bench
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
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oom ng
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
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Lying at on her stomach in the tail section o the KC-135
Stratotanker Nicole Canada waits or rocky air turbulenc
and strong winds to calm down Turbulence and sudde
gusts o wind can add thrilling aspects to Canadarsquos job but ca
also prevent her rom carrying out her particular mission as a
boom operator on board the Boeing-built tankerFortunately within minutes the rocking ceases the wind
dies down and Canada peers through a small window read
to proceed The tanker pilot confrms the KC-135 is in prope
position to reuel the thirsty receiver aircrat ying just behind
Canada detly maneuvers the tankerrsquos reueling boom into the
receiver aircratrsquos receptacle and begins pumping thousands
o pounds o uel When done she disconnects the boom an
the receiver aircrat is good to go and able to continue its
missionmdashwithout having to land or uel
Itrsquos a precisely orchestrated ballet o skill experience
precision and teamwork that has played out at 20000 eet
(6100 meters) and 500 mph (800 kilometers per hour) Jus
another day on the job or this Boeing employee whorsquos also
a US Air Force reservist based at March Air Reserve Base
in Riverside Cali
ldquoThey say the dream job is the one yoursquod do or reerdquo
said Canada a senior master sergeant with the US Air
Force Reserve and a boom operator or the past 21 years
or the KC-135 ldquoI have that dream jobrdquo
And her Boeing job with Global Services amp Support is
almost an extension o what she does or the militarymdashone
she is equally proud o
Canada is based in Long Beach Cali where shersquos an
career
Outside her regular job at Boeing
this employee pumps gas hellipat 20000 eet
By Diane Stratman Photos by Bob Ferguson
PHOTOS (Let) In the tail o aKC-135 tanker US Air Force Reservemember and Boeing employeeNicole Canada lies on her stomachwith her chin in a support rest as shemaneuvers the tankerrsquos ldquoying boomrdquoto a connection The receiver aircrata C-17airliter (above right) isreected in her sunglasses
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
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ldquo Being a boom operator is one o the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve Not only have I been able to see the world but my perspective o the big picture is much clearer as the Air Force carries out its various missionsrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada international program manager C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom let) Fuel istranserred rom the KC-135 to the C-17over the Arizona desert Nicole Canadaenjoys a lighter moment in the KC-135beore the demanding reueling operationbegins a patch worn by Canadarsquos US AiForce Reserve squadron reects the longhistory o air-to-air reueling the KC-135ight deck a tanker pilot coordinates withair trafc control beore taking o romMarch Air Reserve Base in Riverside Cali
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
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Reserve or 24 years She was a KC-10A
personnel program manager while on
active duty
Appropriately the kind o ldquoying boomrdquothat Canada operates was developed by
Boeing engineers
Boeing has long been a pioneer o in-
ight reueling starting in the 1920s when
a simple hose was used to transer gas
between Boeing and Douglas biplanes
Ater World War II Boeing converted 92
o its B-29 bombers into KB-29M aerial
reueling tankers the frst ull-time tankers
to be operated by the US Air Force
But the Air Force wanted a aster and
more efcient method o transerring uel
than the hose used at the time so Boeing
engineers developed a rigid telescoping
boom that had two ruddevators which
resemble two small wings at the end It
not only delivered uel at a much higher rate
international program manager or the
C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustain-
ment Program She and her team ensure
the Royal Canadian Air Force has themaintenance and parts it needs to keep its
eet o Boeing C-17 airliters operating
ldquoIn many ways my job at Boeing eels
like a continuation o my military servicerdquo
Canada said ldquoO course itrsquos a little less
dramatic than my role in the Air Force but
I eel every job is vital Doesnrsquot matter i itrsquos
on the ront lines or behind the scenesrdquo
Canada said she fnds it rewarding
to work at Boeing while serving in the
Air Force Reserve
ldquoTherersquos camaraderie both in the
military and at Boeingrdquo she said ldquoYou
take care o each other you support one
another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
She has worked or Boeing or 12 years
and been in the US Air Force and the
but the ruddevators allowed the boom to b
more easily guided into the receptacle o th
receiving aircrat This new boom was initia
outftted on 116 converted B-29 bombersdesignated KB-29P which were ollowed b
Boeingrsquos propeller-powered KC-97 tankers
and later on the frst jet tanker Boeingrsquos
KC-135 which took to the skies in 1956
and can carry passengers and cargo
Boeing built 732 KC-135 tankers
between 1956 and 1965 Today approxi-
mately 400 o the original tankers remain
in service with the US and allies Boeing
continues to maintain upgrade and suppo
the KC-135 eet through its Global Service
amp Support division The Boeing team also
perorms Program Depot Maintenance and
Engineering Support to international cus-
tomers Chile France Singapore and Turke
Eventually the tankers which are much
older than the pilots who y them are to b
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
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replaced by Boeingrsquos new 767-based next-
generation multi-role tanker the KC-46A
Boeing remains on plan to deliver the initial
18 combat-ready tankers by 2017
Despite the technological advancements
the midair rendezvous o a reueling opera-
tion still requires clear communications and
precise coordination according to Canada
The two aircrat need to be about
12 eet (3 meters) rom one another in order
to make a uel connection The KC-135
pilot stays in constant communication with
the receiver aircrat to bring it in close to the
tanker Canada explained Once the two
aircrat are within a hal-mile o each otherthe boom operator takes over guiding
the receiver aircrat into precise position
or reueling behind the tanker Next the
boom operator guides the reueling boom
to the receiver aircratrsquos reueling receptacl
Once contact is made uel pumping begin
When the uelrsquos been transerred the boom
operator triggers a disconnect the boom i
released the two aircrat separate and the
receiver aircrat departs
ldquoBeing a boom operator is one o the
most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve
Canada said ldquoNot only have I been able to
see the world but my perspective o the
big picture is much clearer as the Air Force
carries out its various missions including
the fght against terrorismrdquo
She has served as a KC-135 boomoperator in just about every major conict
over the past several decades including
Desert Shield Desert Storm Enduring
ldquo Therersquos camaraderie both in the military and at BoeingYou take care o
each other you support one another hellip much like a amilyrdquo
ndash Nicole Canada
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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Freedom New Dawn Kosovo and Restore
Hope ldquoTherersquos a great sense o satisaction
in knowing we help maintain air superiority
around the world or the US and its alliesrdquo
Canada said ldquoIrsquove always enjoyed the
sense o purpose and camaraderie that
comes with real-world missionsrdquo
One o those missions included ying
rom Masirah Air Base on the island o
Masirah in Oman in March 2003 During
what she thought was a routine air reueling
mission Canadarsquos crew received a change
in orders directing them to cross into
Iraqi airspace
ldquoIt wasnrsquot until we returned to base
that we learned we were a vital part o the
lsquoshock and awersquo operation that launched
the invasion o Iraqrdquo she said
Canadarsquos also own humanitarian
missions with her tanker crew The most
meaningul she said was in support o
Hurricane Andrew victims at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida The base was
all but destroyed when it took a direct hit
rom the Category 5 hurricane in August
1992 The mission was to y military
members and their amiliesmdashwho had
been moved to a sae location beore the
hurricanemdashback to the base to gather
any belongings that had been spared
ldquoI will never orget the power o this
storm and its massive destructionrdquo
Canada recalled ldquoIt was a bit unnerving
ying in the atermath o that kind o
weather But to this day I cherish the
role I played in helping devastated ami-
lies recover rom the wreckage and how
thankul they were or our assistance in
helping them salvage whatever they could
o their lives beore the stormrdquo n
dianelstratmanboeingco
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top) Canadakeeps an eye on the C-17 while it isreceiving uel March Air Reserve Basein Riverside Cali is home to a numbero KC-135 tankers the reueling missioncomplete Canada is back on the tankeright deck monitoring aircrat systemsduring a preight briefng Canada andthe KC-135 crew review mission details
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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Innovative engine technology could improve uel efciencymdashand help the environment By Nathan A Hulings and photos by Bob Ferguson
A CLEEN FUTURE
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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Deep in the Mississippi swamps o
Hancock County a Rolls-Royce
airplane engine roared to lie against
a palette o purple and pink skies o a
winter sunset
Installed on the back o the engine
at NASArsquos Stennis Space Center was
an exhaust nozzle made o ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material designed
to make engines quieter lighter and
more efcient
Watching the test rom a Stennis con-
trol room was Boeingrsquos Mitch Petervarythe team leader overseeing development
o the nozzle As data poured in he and
the rest o the test team grew increasingly
confdent o what it would reveal several
weeks later The material perormed
as promised
ldquoThis was a big step orward or the
technology and I know our customers are
going to appreciate the beneftsrdquo Petervary
said o the Stennis ground tests conducted
earlier this year
The tests represent a major milestoneor Boeing and a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration program known as CLEEN short
or Continuous Lower Energy Emissions
and Noise The fve-year jointly unded
research-and-development eort by the
FAA and industry includes ground and ight
demonstrations o airrame and engine
technologies to speed the reduction o
aircrat uel burn emissions and noise
As part o FAArsquos Next Generation Air
Transportation System development eort
the program was open to competitive
bidding and the FAA selected Boeing
and our other companies to participate
including Rolls-Royce Boeing Research
amp Technology is leading
Boeing was working on these technolo-
gies beore the CLEEN program But the
joint eort exemplifes how Boeing teams
on technology research-and-development
activities to make discoveries aster and
more efciently than it could on its own
said Don Winter vice president o Flight
and Systems Technologies with BRampTldquoBy collaborating with the FAA and our
partners and suppliers in this program
Boeing intends to accelerate the maturation
o these promising technologiesrdquo Winter
explained And by taking a ldquoOne Boeingrdquo
approach he added ldquothese technologies
can be integrated onto commercial air-
planes more quickly or the beneft o
our environment airline customers and
the ying publicrdquo
It wonrsquot be long beore the nozzle
gets its day in the sky With ground testswrapping up the nozzle will be installed
on what will be the second aircrat in
Boeingrsquos ecoDemonstrator program a 787
Dreamliner scheduled to y later this year
As part o the CLEEN program
Boeing and its partners are also working
on other technologies to make airplanes
more uel-efcient while reducing emis-
sions and noise Some o this innovative
technology was ight-tested last year
on the frst Boeing ecoDemonstrator
ldquoBoeing intendsto accelerate thematuration o these promisingtechnologiesrdquo
ndash Don Winter vice president o Flightand Systems Technologies withBoeing Research amp Technology
PHOTOS (Let) At twilight a Rolls-Royceairplane engine equipped with a ceramicmatrix composite or CMC nozzle roarsto lie at the NASA Stennis Space Center(Above) Boeing CLEEN team membersinspect the nozzle prior to testing
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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a Next-Generation 737-800 (For more
about the ecoDemonstrator program
see Page 20 in the October 2012 issue
o Frontiers)
Getting the ceramic matrix composite
engine nozzle to this point where it is
about to be ight-tested on an airplane
represents a signifcant engineering
accomplishment according to Petervary
and others with the programIn addition to benefts such as longer
lie lighter weight and noise reduction
the nozzle can withstand extremely
high temperatures And thatrsquos critical
Because todayrsquos high-efciency jet
engines emit hotter exhaust gases
they require materials capable o with-
standing higher temperatures than
titanium or superalloys which have been
industry standards or decades
But no one had used the ceramic
matrix composite material in this way
beore and that was one o the signifcantchallenges engineers aced
Researchers spent several years in
the laboratory testing and developing
materials o increasingly large scale beore
more intense testing began earlier this
year They started with at samples o
the material slowly scaling up to the
ull-size nozzle
Frank Doerner vice president o
Materials Processes amp Structures
Technologies or BRampT noted that
engineers created the largest ceramicmatrix composite structure ever made
The nozzle is about the size o a
Smart car but weighs 30 percent less
than a similar-size nozzle made o tradi-
tional materials
ldquoIn the past fve years fnding new
applications and innovative designs base
on these types o materials has gone rom
labs to ight-readyrdquo Doerner said adding
that engineers have demonstrated that
ceramic composites ldquowill be part o the
uture o ightrdquo The successul ground tests on the
ull-scale engine nozzle represent a huge
milestone or the technology providing
insight into how the nozzle will perorm durin
upcoming ight tests on ecoDemonstrator
according to Petervary
A key to this signifcant accomplishmen
he added was Boeingrsquos close working
relationship with the propulsion team rom
Commercial Airplanesrsquo Product Develop-
ment organization and with Rolls-Royce
ldquoEveryone is benefting rom the
knowledge being sharedrdquo Petervary said That message is underscored by
Larry Schneider vice president o Prod-
uct Development Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
ldquoThe potential o CMCs to improve
airplane uel efciencyrdquo Schneider said
ldquois exactly the type o revolutionary tech-
nology that we are looking to accelerate
through collaboration with the FAA and
the entire Boeing enterprise and ight
testing on the ecoDemonstratorrdquo n
nathanahulingsboeingcom
ldquo This was a bigstep orward orthe technologyand I know our
customers aregoing to appreciatethe beneftsrdquo
ndash Mitch Petervary Boeing team leader
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom top let) TheBoeing and Rolls-Royce team makes fnalpreparations inside the Stennis controlroom Boeing team leader Mitch Petervaryinside the control room beore nozzle testingbegins computer monitors keep close
watch on the test site a monitor showsthermal readouts rom the test a Rolls-Royce engine and CMC nozzle (center)
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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June 1938 marked an important mile-
stone in commercial aviationmdashand
the beginning o a vital partnership
between Boeing and the United Kingdom
The frst ight o the Boeing 314 Clipper
ying boat on June 7 opened the door to
luxurious trans-Atlantic air travel The Model
314 remains one o the most iconic and
beloved aircrat in the history o aviation
A less visible though historically sig-
nifcant event occurred later that month
on June 22 when the British Air Ministry
signed a contract with North American
Aviation a Boeing heritage company
or the purchase o 200 NA-49 Harvard
combat trainers This year Boeing is
Atlantic afnity
Boeing and the UK celebrate 75 years as riends and partnersBy Bill Seil
celebrating the 75th anniversary o that
major purchase which marked the begin-
ning o Boeingrsquos long-standing relationship
with the United Kingdom
The partnership was strengthened in
1939 when the Air Ministry announced it
was purchasing an additional 200 Harvards
and Pan American Airways announced it
was inaugurating the frst regular passenger
service rom New York to Southampton
England using Boeing 314 Clippers
During World War II the British military
continued to use aircrat rom Boeing
and its heritage companies including the
Boeing B-17 bomber the Douglas Dakota
military transport (based on the DC-3)
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom above) ThisBoeing 314 Clipper was one o threetranserred rom Pan American Airways toBritish Overseas Airways Corp or militaryservice during World War II the NA-49Harvard trainer shown under constructionin 1939 at North American Aviationrsquosproduction acility in Inglewood Cali thiDouglas DB-7mdashknown as the ldquoBostonrdquo inRoyal Air Force servicemdashwas built underlicense in Seattle by Boeing BOEING ARCHIVES
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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ldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdom is characterizedby its long duration and by the breadth depth and qualityo that partnership There is a true alignment o values
in the way we work togetherrdquo ndash Shep Hill president Boeing International
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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ldquoOur activities here in the past 75 years have created a high levelo customer respect or the Boeing brandrdquo
ndash David Pitchorth managing director Boeing Deence UK
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
34 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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Douglasrsquo Boston attack bomber and North
American Aviationrsquos P-51 Mustang
Today the United Kingdom is a major
customer or Boeing military and commer-
cial aircrat It is also a key Boeing supplier
and source o technology
Boeing has more than 1300 employees
at sites across the United Kingdom and
more than 800 o them are employed by
Boeing Deence UK which supportsMinistry o Deence and US military
programs Boeing is investing in UK tech-
nology and expertise through research and
development programs with the universitie
o Cambridge Cranfeld Nottingham
Strathclyde and in particular Shefeld
where the company supports the Advance
Manuacturing Research Centre
Shep Hill president Boeing Interna-
tional and senior vice president Business
Development and Strategy said the United
Kingdom has a great aviation heritage
which makes it a strong ally or BoeingldquoOur relationship with the United Kingdo
is characterized by its long duration and b
the breadth depth and quality o that part
nershiprdquo Hill said ldquoThatrsquos what has made
so sustainable There is a true alignment o
values in the way we work togetherrdquo
Hill noted that UK airlines have own
and contributed to all o Boeingrsquos jetliners
and the company has many important
collaborative relationships with UK busi-
nesses and universities The consolidatio
o Boeingrsquos Deense Space amp Securityoperations in the United Kingdom under
Boeing Deence UK fve years ago has
continued to strengthen deense-related
sales and partnerships
Sir Roger Bone president Boeing UK
said the company will be celebrating the
anniversary throughout the year with
a number o special events planned in
London and at company sites throughout
the United Kingdom For example it will
be a theme in Boeingrsquos annual sponsor-
ship o the British Military Tournament in
early December in Earlrsquos Court LondonldquoAll o us in the United Kingdom eel
a genuine pride in what wersquore doing here
to sustain this important partnershiprdquo
Bone said ldquoThis anniversary gives us
a tremendous opportunity to highlight
that work and look ahead to building
on the important relationships that have
developed over the years It gives us an
ongoing sense o achievementrdquo
David Pitchorth became managing
PHOTOS (Above) Captain Walescommonly known as Prince Harrylet and a member o his squadron viewthe Apache ight line at Camp Bastionin Aghanistan last year The British Army
Air Corps ies Apache AH1 helicoptersco-manuactured by AgustaWestlandunder license rom Boeing ASSOCIATED PRESS (From ar let) In 2006 Boeing ormallybegan work on the 34-year ThroughLie Contractor Support program or theRoyal Air Forcersquos eet o Boeing Chinook helicopters VECTOR AEROSPACE Boeing UK and the University o Nottingham in 2011launched a major collaborative invest-ment in carbon fber recycling researchUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The Boeing C-17Globemaster III was ormally acceptedinto Royal Air Force service in 2001and made its operational debut withthe RAF during the Aghanistan conictPAUL PINNERBOEING
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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lsquoCHEERIO NA-49rsquoIn July 1938 employees o North Ameri-
can Aviation a Boeing heritage company
welcomed ldquoOur British Cousinsrdquo to the
companyrsquos production acility in Ingle-
wood Cali
Thatrsquos how the North American Log
the ofcial publication o North American Aviation employees described representa-
tives o the British Air Ministry who had
arrived to supervise the manuacture o
the NA-49 Harvard trainer
The Log provided a detailed account
o the airplane purchase which marked
the beginning o Boeingrsquos long-standing
partnership with the United Kingdom
In June 1938 ater an extensive tour o
American aircrat plants by a commission
o British air experts the British Air Ministry
announced the award o a contract to North
American Aviation or the construction o
200 Harvard combat trainers
ldquoFor your inormationrdquo the Log reported
ldquothe NA-49 has been ofcially christened
the lsquoHarvardrsquo by the British governmentthis name being chosen because o the
act that the ship is o the training type and
o American manuacture Thereore the
name o an American institution o learning
was deemed as appropriaterdquo
Ater a period o intense activity the mock-
up model was completed in September
1938 and preparation began or the frst
ight o the Harvard
Late in the aternoon o Sept 28 the frst
Harvard bearing ldquoN7000rdquo in large black
letters and the Royal Air Force insignia
on its uselage and wings was rolled out
onto the actory ight ramp at Los Angele
Airport or its initial ight Air Ministry repre
sentatives were on hand and the Log
reported that the initial ight was ldquoroutine
The Harvard was test-own more than
38 hours beore it went into production
ldquoOn the NA-49 everything was testedthat could possibly be tested helliprdquo the Log
said ldquoThe machine gun was tested by the
simple expedient o ying the beauty over
to the feld the other side o Redondo
Boulevard and fring the gun into a huge
pile o dirt that the WPA [Works Progress
Administration] had been obligingly piling
up since sometime last yearrdquo The aircrat
was painted ldquoa violent yellow which
saved the ight crew many a headache
by enabling them to pick the ship up man
miles awayrdquo the Log noted ldquoThis wasespecially helpul during spin testsrdquo
Ater the Harvard was tested and approved
production began and North American
began shipping the airplanes to the
United Kingdom
ldquoThe process o crating an aeroplane or
export shipment constitutes in itsel a asc
nating chapter in the story o the Harvard
the Log explained ldquoA waterproo box 8 e
by 10 eet 7 inches by 21 eet 8 inches
[24 by 32 by 66 meters] is constructed
The uselage with the landing gear in ullretracted position and the motor wings an
empennage suraces detached is securely
astened to the oor o the boxrdquo
On Oct 24 1938 a shipping crate con-
taining Harvard number N7000 was taken
to Los Angeles Harbor and loaded on
board the English vessel MS Lochatrine
bound or Liverpool England It was then
transported to the Shawbury Aerodrome
near Shrewsbury or fnal ight tests
The British Air Ministry in January 1939
announced that it would purchase an ad-ditional 200 Harvard airplanes rom North
American Aviation making the Harvard
contract one o the largest US aircrat
manuacturing export programs at that tim
The Log summed up the program this
way ldquoThe Harvard Trainer or NA-49 will
carry the insignia o NAA [North America
Aviation] to Old England with ying colors
Cheerio NA-49 best o luckrdquo
ndash Bill Se
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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director o Boeing Deence UK in Decem-
ber 2012 ater serving or more than our
years as managing director o Boeingrsquos U
Rotorcrat Support business He said the
amalgamation o Boeing Deence UK in
2008 established Boeing Deense Space
amp Security as a local entity which opened
the door to stronger military sales and
partnerships in the United Kingdom He
believes Boeingrsquos 75-year history in theUnited Kingdom has strengthened its
business opportunities today
ldquoYou can eel the reputation wersquove buil
and the respect that our customers have
or usrdquo Pitchorth said ldquoOur activities her
in the past 75 years have created a high
level o customer respect or the Boeing
brand Itrsquos also built a high regard or
our technical capability which is very
important to our customersrdquo
Todd Nelp vice president European
Sales Boeing Commercial Airplanes said
the United Kingdom has historically been wonderul market or Boeing jetliner sales
and promises to remain so or many year
to come The company has a strong long
time United Kingdom customer base or a
airplane models and an array o services
The United Kingdom with its wide-rangin
aerospace capabilities also plays an
important role in Boeingrsquos supply chain
ldquoI think Boeing and our British custome
have a real afnity or each othermdashmuch
like the relationship between our two coun
triesrdquo Nelp said ldquoThere is a eeling o muturespect and we work very well together Itrsquos
a relationship thatrsquos built on trust and one
that has a lot o legs or the uturerdquon
williamjseil boeingco
For more about the Boeing 314 Clipper
see Page 10 Learn more about Boeingrsquos
long and important relat ionship with the
United Kingdom in the July 2012 issue
o Frontiers and at wwwboeingcouk75
PHOTOS (Clockwise rom ar let) The Jun1939 cover o the North American Log ea-tured the NA-49 Harvard trainer BOEING ARCHIV
Thomson Airwaysrsquo frst revenue biouel ighin the UK carried passengers rom Birming-ham UK to Lanzarote Spain THOMSON AIRWAY
British Overseas Airways Corp began op-erating Boeing 747 ights between LondonHeathrow and New York in 1971 Air UnitedKingdom in 1988 became the frst airlinebased outside the United States to operatethe Boeing 737-400 jetliner BOEING ARCHIVES
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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IN FOCUS
46 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 404440 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4244
IN FOCUS
46 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4344
Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4444
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 3744BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 3844BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201338
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 404440 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4144BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4244
IN FOCUS
46 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4344
Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4444
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 3844BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201338
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 3944BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 404440 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
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MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
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46 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
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When customer airline pilots
visit Boeing the company
usually rolls out the red car-
pet But or the next 18 months Delta
pilots will be strapping into a simulator
and taping wires to their heads The
wires are all part o a study to better
understand the impact o pilot atigueon commercial ight operations
Volunteer two-pilot crews rom
Delta Air Linesmdash32 crews in allmdashwill
perorm simulated ights under
rested and atigued conditions in
the Seattle study The research will
help Boeing determine i technologies
exist that can detect symptoms o
atigue in real time beore it aects
pilot perormance
ldquoThe act that Boeing is doing
something about this issue and
trying to put together a study is reallyexcitingrdquo said Delta pilot Stan King
A ldquoOne Boeingrdquo team rom across
the enterprise devised the test methods
and will analyze the data once the
study is complete The project is
managed by the Commercial Airplanes
Flight Deck Product Development
group with help rom Boeing Research
amp Technology mathematicians and
statisticians There are also adviser
Boeing study will help industry betterunderstand pilot atigueBy Bret Jensen and photos by Marian Lockhart
ldquo The act thatBoeing is doingsomethingabout this issueand trying toput togethera study isreally excitingrdquo
ndash Stan King pilot Delta Air Lines
PHOTOS Close-ups o sensor arraysattached to Boeing test pilots HarryWestcott let and Brian Behrend asthey prepare or a long ight in thesimulator The sensors part o aBoeingndashDelta Air Lines joint studyon the impact o atigue on pilotsmonitor their bodiesrsquo reaction tothe lengthy trip
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experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4144BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4244
IN FOCUS
46 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4344
Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4444
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 404440 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
experts rom universities around the world
ldquoItrsquos gratiying to be on the oreront o
an ambitious scientifc study like this onerdquo
said Kimberly Craig Commercial Airplanes
project manager
ldquoCrew atigue is one o the hot-button
regulatory issues in commercial aviationrdquo
Craig added ldquoWersquore bringing a lot o new
data to the discussion We hope this data
will guide Boeingrsquos technology investmentsor the uture and may inuence how we
equip our airplanesrdquo
Pilots in the study will be ftted with a
variety o sensors that monitor biometric
actors such as brain waves and heart
rates as well as those that monitor eye
movement and body posture Crews
then y simulated ights both rested
and atigued
The rested sessions are daytime ights
ater sufcient rest the atigued sessions
are overnight ights ater a period o
extended wakeulness The simulatorsessions consist o one 65-hour ight or
our consecutive short ights in a 777
Pilots will be constantly evaluated to
determine the impact o atigue on the
dierent workloads In total Boeing should
collect more than 1000 pilot hours o
audio video and simulator data
ldquoThrough this research we can better
learn how pilot perormance is aected
by ights across time zones that disrupt
circadian rhythmsrdquo explained Boeing Tech-
nical Pilot Brian Behrend ldquoThe knowledge
gained may help develop ways to mitigate
or recognize atigue in real timerdquo
While studies on atigue have been
perormed in other industries the aviation
environment presents unique challenges
Boeing and subsidiary Jeppesen have
been working closely to develop technolo
gies to manage ight-crew alertness and
perormance This became even more
critical to airlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration last year issued a
new rule regarding crew duty limitations
and rest requirements One o those
technologies the CrewAlert app available
on iTunes is a product o the Boeing and
Jeppesen collaboration
Results o the Seattle study should hel
Boeing and Jeppesen determine whether
a technology or a suite o technologies
can unobtrusively detect atigue and fnd
links between crew perormance and
atigue In addition to helping ensure
aviation saety the study may provehelpul to others as well
ldquoWhat we fnd out here may extend
beyond aviation into other transportation
industries even the medical industryrdquo
said Harry Westcott another Boeing
technical pilot ldquoThe video and data
archive could be mined or inormation
or decadesrdquo n
bretrjensenboeingcom
To see a related video visit wwwboeing
comrontiersvideosmay
ldquoWhat we fndout here mayextend beyondaviation into other
industries even themedical industryrdquo ndash Harry Westcott Boeing
technical pilot
PHOTOS (Above) Boeing test engineerRob Grube let wires up Boeing pilotBrian Behrend with body monitoringdevices or a simulator session (Below)Boeing engineers Chris Gast rom letKim Craig and Grube monitor the pilotsrsquobrain waves and other physical reactions
during the simulated long ight
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4144BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
Scott HansonJames HardenJames HardyLarry HartPatricia HayesRichard HeckmanStephanie HelselJoseph HernandezGary HessRonald HinderbergerSharon HobuhrDavid Hollenback Steven HolmanLinda HouchinsMichael Howarth
William HudsonStephen HuttiLawrence IngallsRobert Jackson
Vicki JacksonGregory JenningsLance JensenSteve JensenGary JohnsonNancy JohnsonRichard JonesJoanne JuarezJudy KimballWilliam Kirk
Thomas Knize
Richard KohanJohn Kraynak Donald KrumenackerJoyce KucinskasJohn KunkelWilson KwongRichard LaceyRichard LalandeGregory LaneKenneth LangnerNorma LarshusBarbara LeyJohn LiboltWayne Lierman
Arlen LomaxChris LongRonald LoucksDanny LoveMichael LowellDeanna MarchJames MartindaleStanord Mathews
Ronald MayKenneth Mc AdoryMary McCarthySteven McCormick Stephen McDonell
Veronica McGowanJohn McLarenSteven McMichaelDavid McNerneyRoger McNew
Terry MeierDouglas MillerRodger MillerJames MonroeKevin Montgomery
Thomas MooreDennis Mosol Richard MutterEvhen MychalowyczEugene MyersShawn NanceKathy NearyKurt NelsonBrian NielsenJohn OpinaSteve OrbanoskyRick Oster
Anthony ParasidaPatricia ParisGregory Passey
Lee PaulsonDan PetersenSusan PetersonDuane PiperStephen PlumleyRichard PollittMaureen PorterWilliam PorterJohn PotterStephen PriceCraig PulleyMarilyn PulverRobert RamseyJohn ReynoldsKeith Richmond
Debra RiveraMartin RobbCleadus RobinsonGeorge RobinsonRobert RohrerRichard RyanWilliam SandersBruce SandierWilliam SchandaRaymond Schaus
Tamara SchroederDennis SchuetzGerald SearsMichael Sharp
David SheltonMarion Shillam
Thomas SkrinarDavid SmithGerald SmithJerey SmithSteven SmotrysHarold Soares
Hans-Henrik SorensenCharles SteimelMichael StensbyRichard StewartScott SuttonSharon SwansonRobert TallerMaria TanticoBrenda TaylorBradley TedlundJimmie ThomasRichard ToalDonna TorrenceRicky TostRonald Tovsen
James TowersClair TrotgrubenJorge TrujilloRichard TuckerKathryn VandebrakeMichael Vanduine
Thomas VincentCarl VogelsangDaniel WagonerPaul Waite
Timothy WalkerRobert WarrenPatricia Wesemann
Tamara Westbrook Mary Weston
Franklin WhiteKeith WhiteGale Whitestine
Arthur WillardChristopher
WilliamsonDennis WilsonRonald WilsonRandall WingateLyle Withrow
Veronica WittJulia WoodsJane-Fong WuLois Wyse
Aldred Ystad
30 yearsDonald AndersonMark Angelo
Timothy ArmstrongMary Baniak Dennis BassMichael BeckerRobert BeggsGary BennettCurtis BensonWarren BethelRalph BlatterspielRoger Boneham
Jack BonoDwight BrandonDianne BrandtLinda BruntsLawrence Bulgarella
Victoria BurrisRichard BussomLeslie Butler
Vincent CalderonRobert CareyJohn CarnevaleMichael CetinichWilliam ChowBen CiaccioJill CigichJames CoxJerey CoxRobert CrawordRichard CrockerGary CurtisJames DavisBarry DecatoGregory Delaney
Margaretta DotsonRonald Drysdale Artie Dukes Alan DullJames Dupont
Andrew EversoleEdward FambroughLarry FernandezSteven FisherSteven FisherCraig FongDavid ForneyRicky FranzPerry FreemanGary Fujita
Rand FullingtonColon GardnerPaul GartzJohn GaudinaKevin GeorgePaul Gmerek John GonzalezLeo GreeneJames GreivellGilberto GuillotyJames HagemanErik HaradaJohn HarnagelKaren HausnerGregory Heesacker
Ellen HendersonZenoa HendersonJerey HigginsRenita HillmanRobert HodelRichard HoneaPatricia Howard
Thomas IrvineDavid IrwinJoseph ItalianoLloyd JonesNicholas JonesRobert JonesRoberto Jordan
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4244
IN FOCUS
46 BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 2013
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4344
Dancers perorm a ceremonial lion dance towelcome delivery in March o a 737-800 toChina Eastern Airlinesmdashthe 1000th Boeing jetlinedelivered to China The jet has the Boeing SkyInterior and is painted in special peacock liveryIt will be operated by China Eastern Yunnan
Airlines Headquartered in Shanghai ChinaEastern Airlines is one o the three major airlinesin mainland China PHOTO JESSICA OYANAGIBOEING
A THOUSAND REASONSTO CELEBRATE
BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4444
7142019 Frontiers May 2013
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullfrontiers-may-2013 4144BOEING FRONTIERS MAY 201
MILESTONES
SERVICE AWARDS Boeing recognizes the ollowing employees in May or their years o service55 yearsJames Tsai
50 yearsRoy Perschbacher
45 years
Diane GarrettMelvin HalleyKatherine HoltenRobert JonesJoseph KadishRobert LaddJimmie Manry
40 yearsPhillip BaggetteRobert BeckerRubina CaballeroJames CareyJoseph CatlinGary Cox
Lawrence DayRichard Dieenbach
Thomas DuminJudith EgbertGregory GaylordDrew Hays
Terry HensleeJocklyn HoustonGrant IsbergDouglas KeimDale Konneman
Thomas KuhnJoseph LapradeShih-Li LaiWilliam Linscott
John LutchDavid MausPatrick McGradyLiane McMeenBuster MestonGary Nelson
Thurman NixonWilliam OsullivanRobert Peterson
Yvonne PlataGerald RasmussenGlen SankeyBryanna ScottGautam SenguptaJames Skittrall
Stephen SterbinskyGeorge Stumm
Ted ThompsonJohn TrupkaShelby TuttleDale WaymanRobert Woodward 35 yearsMarie AbelPriscilla AdamsJoanne Adkisson
Yolanda Aguirre
Kirk AlexanderKenneth AndersonKimberley AndersonWilliam AndreasonNorman ArmstrongEdwin ArnoldRichard Babcock Lee Bargeon
Mark BaughMichael BeedeRaphael
Ben-RahamimMarilyn BentonMichael BergenPaul BergerKenneth BerglundKenneth Betzina
Trent BibleGordon BlaseJay BohnertChristopher BolleSusan BoyleKathryn Brittain
Timothy BroganRene BrownSteven BurgessWalter CalderSusan Canfeld
Thomas CannonRoss CaravelliKevin CarltonPaul CaseGary CateGeorge ChacoCurtis ChamberlinRose ChanKing-An ChengCyndee Chism
Neil ChristensenDennis CoadKeith CollinsDiane CopenhaverSteven CoxRonald CroteauPatrick Cunni Jennier CurrierJoann CurtisMartin DagostinoDorothy Davis
Vernon DavisEnrique DelapenaJoseph Dickson
Thomas Diebolt
Bryan DittmerMary Dowell Todd DrenkhahnJoan DuvallLynn DykeDavid EllisJoan EngelhartJay EngesathDavid EntzRonald Estes
Alan FindleyKeith FishLoren FiskeDan Fitzsimmons
Martin FreetStephen FreisthlerMelissa FryettJoyce GarnerSharyn GarnettRickey GebhardtCary GeyerCorliss Glover
Stephen Goetz Timothy GoldenSteven GouldRosivale GraceRobert GrallDebra GrayPatricia GreenHarold GwynneMichelle HaagDebra HahnRolla HalbertDonald HalcrowNathan HalePreston HammondStanley Hancock
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