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Flight
fantastic
Advances in simulator
technology transform training
for military and commercial
pilots and crews
On the Cover
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The stories behind the ads in this issue of Frontiers.
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This ad is part of a
series that reinforces
Boeings many
partnerships with
the United Kingdom.
Boeing is the largest
overseas customer of
the U.K. aerospace
industry and partners
with more than 300
businesses and universities there. The ad
will run in The Sunday Times, Economist UK,
House Magazine and other U.K. publications.
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Without software, the advanced hardware thats essential to the U.S. Army
Brigade Combat Team Modernization programsuch as the small unmanned
ground vehicles that will help give warfighters the battlefield edgecould not
work together. A Boeing lab in Huntington Beach., Calif., integrates software
from seven different suppliersno easy task. PHOTO: PEGGY MASON/BOEING
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INSIDE
06 Leadership Message
Boeings core performance has been
strong and has allowed continued
investment in the companys future,
according to James Bell, corporate
president and chief financial officer.
Although Boeing is well-positioned
heading into 2011, employees must
continue the focus on innovation and
improving competitiveness to succeed
in challenging, dynamic markets,
Bell explains.
10 Snapshot/Quotables
51 In Focus
Triple success
Twenty years ago this month, United
Airlines placed the first order for Boeings
777, leading to the programs formal
launch. With six family members, including
a new freighter version, the 777 has
proved popular with airlines, pilots and
especially passengers. Boeing engineers
are exploring ways to make this long-haul,
twin-engine jetliner even better.
PHOTO: BOEING
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Situational
awareness
As Boeings business has grown,
so has its security needs. Although the
company has first-class security teams,
systems and support equipment, alert
and watchful employees remain one
of the best countermeasures to
potential security threats.
CLARIFICATION
In the September issue of Frontiers, a quote
by Robert Kramer of Phantom Works on
Page 31 should have read:
We provided SBInet [Boeings border security
program] a very accurate digital terrain model
for developmental use, and that has now
become one of the gold standards in how
to do terrain mapping.
Leadership Message
core
A strong
Snapshot
Basic
training
A better understanding
of the business helps
employee teams work
smarter, safer and more
productively
By Marcy Woodhull and
photo by Alan Marts
FORWARD STRETCH
The first 747-8 Intercontinental passed an important milestone last month with assembly at the Everett, Wash., factory of the 89-foot-long
(27.2-meter) forward fuselage, including the upper-deck passenger cabin. The 747-8 is 18 feet 4 inches (5.6 meters) longer than the
747-400, with much of that added length in the forward fuselage, seen here with a 747-8 Freighter in the background. GAIL HANUSA/BOEING
Quotables
Four jet-fighter
Ive been in Russia for
simulators fit today in
18 hours and I have
the space occupied by already spoken with
just one 20 years ago. three customers who
want to buy Boeing
airplanes.
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Spencer McDonald, a facilitator for Employee Involvement teams at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, is helping aircraft mechanics learn
the basics of the business. In this Frontiers series that profiles employees talking about their jobs and the way their work fits into
Boeings goals, McDonald explains how he helps these teams tap into the best that employees have to offer.
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A healthy understanding
Healthy enrollment
choices start with
understanding
medical plan basics
By Jill Godschall
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earch the Internet for 787 Dreamliner and chances are you will find facts and
figures on range, payload and improved airplane performance, as well as the
advanced technologies incorporated in Boeings new jetliner.
But it is the experience of flying in the 787 that Boeings Communications and Marketing
team wants frequent fliers to feel. And thats the goal of a new Boeing advertising campaign.
We have done a good job communicating the technical advantages, said Jeff Robinson,
Commercial Airplanes senior advertising manager. And now were tapping into the positive
emotional experience of flying.
Experience is at the heart of the new advertising campaign rolling out this month. What
does an airline want? To fly an airplane full of passengers, Robinson explained. So we
want to showcase what this amazing new airplane has in store for passengers.
That includes smoother flying, inspiring views throughout an advanced-design cabin and
arriving at the destination more refreshed. All are factors that are unique to a 787, said
Rob Pollack, vice president of Marketing, Commercial Airplanes. With this ad campaign,
we want to show people really enjoying the experience of being on the Dreamliner.
The new Boeing ads (see examples on pages 79) will run in publications around the world
starting this month. The campaign will run in business, lifestyle, trade and travel publications
that reach the premium passenger. Ads will be featured on trade, business and travel websites.
Blake Emery, director of Differentiation Strategy, Commercial Airplanes, said the Dreamliner
interior is designed to reconnect passengers with the experience of flight. There is something
very magical psychologically about the flying experience, Emery said. The 787 interior is
going to trigger that magic.
To bring this promise to life in print and on the Web, the ad campaign features sweeping
views of the premium passenger cabin.
A weeklong photo shoot for the campaign took place this summer at Boeings Customer
Experience Center in Renton, Wash. The facility has an interior mock-up of the 787, but
re-creating the passenger experience for the ads wasnt as simple as placing models in
the display mock-up.
The team pulled the seats out of the 787 mock-up to shoot them on set with the models
and then shot the airplane mock-ups interior, bringing the shots together in composite images.
This allowed the shooting team to perfect the lighting and re-create what 787 passengers will
experience. For the person who sees the ad in the magazine, there is no difference between
the real airplane and the ad, said Peter Serchuk, creative director and manager of Boeings
partner advertising agency Frontline Communications Partners.
Specialists in makeup, wardrobe, lighting and video were on hand throughout the week.
Everything is about the image of the airplane and the image of Boeing, Pollack said. And
that is why everything has to be perfect.
lauren.l.penning@boeing.com
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JIM ANDERSON/BOEING
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The Boeingproduced
Strike Eagle
simulators
are actually
changing how
we instruct.
Lt. Col. Eric Chappy Chapital,
former F-15E weapons systems
instructor, North Carolina
virtual
sky
The
After a simulator mission, the crew and instructor review the training session
at a debriefing station that is essentially a miniature theater, where the crews
PHOTO: A pilot is shown using an F-15E simulatora major component of
Boeings three F-15E Mission Training Centers. RON BOOKOUT/BOEING
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decisions, control inputs and communications are reviewed with visual aids.
Instructors can have students fly a complex mission, offer performance
feedback during a quick debrief and then have the students re-fly the same
mission to assess their improvement, said Kay Grabanski, program manager
for Boeings three F-15E Mission Training Centers at Seymour Johnson
Air Force Base, N.C.; Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; and Royal Air Force
Lakenheath, United Kingdom.
Lt. Col. Eric Chappy Chapital was until recently an F-15E weapons
systems instructor at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina.
The Boeing-produced Strike Eagle simulators are actually changing how we
instruct because they let us teach at a higher level and perform more of the
training in the simulator, Chapital said. This saves time, fuel and dollars while
delivering better results to the Air Force.
Improvements over the years to visual display systems help make this
realistic training possible.
Four jet-fighter simulators fit today in the space occupied by just one
20 years ago, when visual systems required a 40-foot-diameter [12-meter]
dome, said Rob Lechner, chief engineer for Training Technologies with
Boeing Defense, Space & Systems.
Last December, Boeing unveiled a dramatic leap forward in simulation
capability. The Constant Resolution Visual System (CRVS) combines greater
simplicity with lower costs and visuals that approach reality.
CRVS is unique because it offers the same high resolution throughout the
entire viewing area, providing an uninterrupted field of view and unvarying target
acuity, said Boeings McGraw. It makes virtual training missions and other
simulations more immersive and effective.
Progress in networking and integration likewise is transforming todays
flight training. A decade ago, Boeing experts in St. Louis implemented the
U.S. Air Force Distributed Mission Operations Network, a virtual environment
in which simulator crews at different mission training centers can fly and train
together. What started with the F-15C Eagle is today a collaborative battlespace
that can accommodate many different aircraft types, as well as whats known as
constructive threatscomputer-simulated enemy weaponry and actions.
The F-22 Raptor Mission Training Center at Langley, Va., connected to this
network last November, and three more Raptor training centers are joining in the
next three years.
The Distributed Mission Operations Network is the premier virtual training
environment for combat aircrew in ground-based simulators, said Boeings
Barry Cossel, an F-22 training manager.
The capability to fly virtual missions alongside actual aircraft in the sky is a
key element of whats known as Integrated Live, Virtual and Constructive training,
or I-LVC. It eliminates the geographical constraints of having to train over
existing ranges. This technology represents the ultimate in military flight training,
and Boeing is leading the way with I-LVC.
Boeing also is supporting various U.S. Navy programs with its simulator
expertise, including the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the EA-18G Growler and the
new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, which is a military derivative of the
Next-Generation 737 commercial jet.
Crew training for the P-8A will be in Operational Flight Trainers that are based
on the Next-Generation 737 full-flight simulators. Featuring full motion and visual
systems, these Operational Flight Trainers replicate the Poseidons unique flight
deck. The first of these trainers is scheduled to become operational at the Naval
Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., in late 2011.
Poseidon crews also will train on another simulator known as the Weapons
Tactics Trainer, which replicates the aircrafts cabin with its state-of-the-art
control and display systems. In the simulator, Poseidon crews will be trained
Were helping
our military
customers reduce
their costs and
risks even as
they increase
the readiness
of the warfighter.
Randy Deidrick, director of the
Capability Center Shared Integrated
Product Team with Boeing Defense,
Space & Securitys Training
Systems and Services
PHOTO: Boeings Mission Training Center at Langley Air Force Base, Va., includes
F-22 simulators such as this one. BOB FERGUSON/BOEING
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Dreamscape
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Code-makers
Software is the brains behind the star players of this U.S. Army
program to give soldiers a battlefield edge
By Peggy Mason and photos by Bob Ferguson and Rich Rau
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Historical Perspective
Build them
rugged
Designer Ed Heinemanns vision
led to the development of many
combat jets
By Tim Sele
shift
The merger of Continental and
United Airlines is seen as good
for Boeing Commercial Airplanes
By Marcy Woodhull
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We foresee a strong
relationship with the
merged airline.
Marlin Dailey, vice president of Sales for Boeing
Commercial Airplanes
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Day of the
robots
New robotic technology
for making composite
parts is speeding
V-22 production
By Jeff Barnett
Added Brice Johnson, Boeing Technical Fellow: This is a very unique, very
new capability for Boeing. The ability to
customize this kind of low-cost composite
system is a major milestone.
jeff.d.barnett@boeing.com
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Flying a variety of
programs is exactly
the challenge we
all hope for.
Talent
search
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PHOTO: Delivery of the first 777 to United Airlines took place at Seattles Museum of Flight on May 15, 1995. Flying in the background is
the first 777 built. BOEING
Family
affair
The 777 celebrates
two important
anniversaries as Boeing
aims to make the popular
jetliner even better
By Debbie Heathers
Passengers flying over Africa on Ethiopian Airlines later this year may not realize
that the 777-200LR (Long Range) Worldliner they are onthe airlines firstis the
900th Boeing-built 777; or that the long-range model, delivered nearly two decades
after the program was launched, was in the plan from the very start.
The 777 program celebrates two milestones this month. The firstthe 20th anniversary
of the programs first ordertook place Oct. 15, 1990, when United Airlines announced
an order for 68 777s, which included 34 options. Days later, on Oct. 29, the Boeing
board of directors launched the program with a ceremony that was broadcast live to
multiple Boeing locations.
This anniversary gives us the opportunity to realize how far weve come and how
far we can take this great airplane, said Larry Loftis, 777 vice president and general
manager. The long-term aspirations our leaders had for the program clearly are
being realized.
The programs founders envisioned a 777 family of airplanes from day one. It includes
five passenger models and a freighter, which is the newest member and entered service
in February 2009 with Air France Cargo.
Passenger models range from the initial 777-200, with a range of 5,240 nautical
miles (9,700 kilometers), to the 777-200LR, with a range of 9,375 nautical miles
(17,395 kilometers), which nearly doubles the range of its predecessor and
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24 million flight-hours
PHOTO: After a record-setting nonstop flight of 11,664 nautical miles (21,601 kilometers)
eastbound from Hong Kong to London that took nearly 24 hours, Boeings new
777-200LR (Long Range) touches down at Heathrow Airport on Nov. 10, 2005. BOEING
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Target acquired
Boeing is preparing retired F-16 fighters for a new
missionaerial targets for warfighters
By Wendy Locklear
bright orange ball of fire burst from the middle of an F-16 Fighting Falcon on the
range at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, sending debris and shrapnel into the air,
followed by thick black smoke.
No one was hurt during the Aug. 19 static ground test, and nothing was destroyed
other than the F-16.
It was blown up on purpose by the 780th Test Squadron at Eglin to test a flight termination system that will be used when Boeing converts retired Lockheed Martin F-16 jet
fighters into remote-controlled aerial targets that can be tracked and targetedand
ultimately shot downby warfighters as part of their training in weapons and tactics.
The first production QF-16 aerial target is scheduled to be delivered in 2014.
During the first phase of the contract, Boeing will modify and test six F-16s at Cecil Field
in Jacksonville, Fla., leading to the start of low-rate production in 2013.
In all, up to 126 retired F-16s could be converted. They will be equipped to fly and
land multiple times in manned and unmanned configurations before their final missions
against live weapons on a controlled range.
The QF-16 contract is significant, said Boeings Steve Waltman, Aircraft,
Sustainment and Maintenance director. We are here to help the [U.S.] Air Force
achieve its goals and provide quality and innovative solutions while remaining low risk
and low cost.
The Boeing team faces a complex task to design and modify the QF-16s, he said.
Engineers in St. Louis are creating images and designing parts using scanning technology and processes developed by Boeing Research & Technology for military applications.
As part of risk reduction plan, the team utilized a retired F-16 and technology called the
X-ray Backscatter Non Line of Sight Reverse Engineering System. Simply put, the aircraft
will enable the QF-16 program to apply reverse engineering practices to accurately design
the modifications that are required for conversion of the aerial targets.
Prior to contract award, we used the X-ray scanning and laser scan data to develop
3-D models of the design, said Bob Insinna, QF-16 program manager. We reduced
program risk by performing rapid prototyping of the flight termination system and a
smoke generation system.
The reverse engineering bridges the gap between aircraft designed in a nondigital environment and those currently being designed, explained Paul Cejas,
QF-16 chief engineer.
This isnt the type of engineering we typically do, which is what makes this
program both fun and challenging, Cejas said.
In the meantime, Boeings team at Cecil Field has been busy over the past few
months preparing for and receiving the first six F-16s for conversion.
We have completed all critical milestones on schedule, Insinna said. Our goal is
to listen to our customer, keep them well informed, and continue using our proven
processes for systems engineering and program management best practices. We are
committed to executing this contract and exceeding customer expectations.
wendy.j.locklear@boeing.com
PHOTOS: This F-16 shell in St. Louis was acquired by Boeing for engineering and tests
in preparation for QF-16 conversions. PETER GEORGE/BOEING AND RICH RAU/BOEING
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Arrival at
Gate
he newest version of Boeings 787 Dreamliner, the 787-9, recently passed through
an important Boeing checkpointGate 7.
But you wont find this gate, or the next one the plane must go through,
at any Boeing site or airport.
Rather, the gates refer to a process that helps Boeing make the right decisions
during every step in the development cycle of a new product. Whats known as
firm configuration is the official name for the seventh gate.
Firm configuration is a significant program milestone in the development of a new
Boeing airplane. It means the architecture and capabilities of the airplane are locked in.
And on June 30, the 787-9 program reached that milestone.
The 787-9 is the second member of the 787 family, a stretched version with a range
of more than 8,000 nautical miles (14,800 kilometers). At 206 feet (63 meters),
the 787-9 is 20 feet (6 meters) longer than the 787-8. With this added space, the
787-9 can accommodate 40 additional passengers.
But stretching the airplane involved more than adding two fuselage sections. It
required making design changes throughout the airplanechanges that were personally
approved by about 500 people in engineering, manufacturing and management.
Starting nearly a year before the airplanes scheduled arrival at Gate 7, the 787-9
team conducted monthly readiness reviews. These reviews involved key technical
leaders from across Boeing, as well as independent reviewers.
In the past, according to Brad Zaback, 787-9 Airplane Level Integration Team leader,
the first review would begin as a development team approached a gate, and often there
were unresolved issues. On the 787-9 program, monthly reviews of the gated process
meant risks and issues were addressed earlier. By the time a gate was reachedon
schedule to the day for every gatethe major issues already had been resolved.
There is a lot more rigor, discipline and accountability put into the process, said
Phontel Shami, 787 Business Operations senior manager. This discipline has helped us
achieve advanced levels of development maturity in many areas on this airplane.
Boeing set out in late 2008 to establish a companywide gated process to make it
easier for decision-makers to manage product development across business units.
It also allowed for the development of a rigorous process based on best practices.
Process discipline has been and will continue to be the overarching theme for
787-9 development, said Mark Jenks, vice president of 787-9 development. Use of
the enterprise gated process is the cornerstone of this focus on process discipline.
The gated process is part of the Development Program Excellence initiative,
one of the four companywide growth and productivity initiatives. The initiative focuses
on ensuring the success of Boeings development programs. Representatives of the
initiative, led by its vice president, Patrick Goggin, attended the 787-9 reviews.
With firm configuration complete, the 787-9 team now begins the detailed design
work on the new airplane as it approaches Gate 8Critical Design Review.
kathrine.k.beck@boeing.com
scott.s.lefeber@boeing.com
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The simple
genius of
checklists
Boeings experience using checklists
is helping many other professions
By Tom Brabant
Checklist
factory
An unexpected call to Boeings Dan
Boorman two years ago from surgeon
and author Atul Gawande started a
working relationship that is helping
medical patients around the world.
Gawande had been trying unsuccessfully
to implement checklists in the operating
room. Frustrated, he asked his research
staff to find an expert in aviation. His team
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Maximum
security
Alert employees can be the best
deterrent in protecting against
security threats
By Elizabeth S. Davis
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By the
numbers
155: Gates and lobby entrances that
manage access control throughout the
enterprise
5,155,102: Badge transactions
enterprisewide during a 30-day period
at sites that use SecureBadges
485: Static and mobile guard posts
across the enterprise
1,000-plus: Officers who provide
around-the-clock uniformed services to
secure 17,000 acres (6,880 hectares) of
Boeing-owned and leased land
73,600-plus: SecureBadges
Milestones
SERVICE AWARDS:
55 years
John Goldbeck
50 years
Walter Brothers
Joann Stoff
45 years
Lloyd Aubuchon
Willard Barnes
William Bass
Charles Baumhoff
Dick Bender
Anthony Bommarito
Ralph Donius
Kenneth Heinly
Joseph Huestis
Richard Jett
John Kircher
James McDonald
David Miller
Leroy Pigg
Onofre Reyes
Bernard Richter
William Sampson
Richard Snell
Robert Wilson
40 years
Adrian Barraclough
Eugenia Blanding
Earl Bohannon
Arthur Caputo
Janet Fitch
Kay Guinn
Joanne Huggard
Helen Josie
Hugh Lockhart
Robert Luke
Viola Meintz
Makoto Nakamura
Jerry Patterson
Delmar Schmidt
Panduranga Shenoy
Roger Tyler
Sherry Wilhoyte
35 years
Marie Amundson
Patricia Anderson
William Anglin
Ricky Becker
Robert Bedoll
James Bilby
James Canter
Rose Chavez
Sandra Collis
Sally Darling
Daniel Day
Dawn Diamond
Fred Esch
Paul Filion
Gilbert Geyman
Susan Gott
Edward Grau
Rebecca Hathaway
Michael Hennessy
Rowland Huang
Wilton Jennings
Brian Johnson
Lynne Jungers
Sinan Karasu
Elden Kilby
Stephen Koch
Peter Koomjian
Bonnie Lewis
Larry Linder
Mary Martinez
Linda McKinnon
Dennis Morris
Stephen Northcraft
Gloria Ostlund
Bark Pang
Patricia Piotrowicz
Roger Poole
Bruce Pound
Kathryn Pryer
Jose Ramos
Timothy Rhodes
Mark Romero
Tadeusz Skrobecki
Kenneth Smith
Glen Spencer
Robert Springgay
Bradley Taylor
Keith Taylor
Robert Verginia
Richard Vordtriede
David Welland
Howard Wolfrum
Michael Wren
Philip Yeo
30 years
Terry Aas
Antonio Aguilar
John Aleksick
Michael Alexander
Stanley Allard
Bruce Anderson
James Anderson
Stanley Antoine
David Arends
Stephen Armstrong
Edgar Arnn
Patricia Arredondo
Michael Atwood
Sam Babani
John Baker
Michael Balog
Jeffrey Barnhill
David Bartlemay
Gina Beal
Francis Beck
Richard Behrens
Jim Bennett
Daniel Berry
Robert Bevins
Mahmood Bhatti
Boeing recognizes the following employees in October for their years of service.
Kenneth Bieber
Randall BlackburnLappin
Ross Blanchard
William Bobby
Paul Bolkunoff
Jay Bontrager
Robert Borst
David Bouse
Nadine Bowles
Wade Boyd
Matthew Brooks
Billy Bryant
Clyde Burleson
Donald Burrill
Michael Burroughs
Alfonso Caluza
William Carlson
Richard Carroll
Brian Carter
Mark Carter
Robert Carter
Diane Catello
George Chakides
Donald Chambers
Ritchie Christian
Hubert Cicchillo
Mario Cisneros
George Clark
Edward Cogswell
Kermit Cohn
Jon Cole
Gail Coleman
Vincent Composano
Cindy Conrad
Mark Cook
Albert Cordova
Victoria Corrigan
Robert Cranfill
Jewel Cruz
Evan Davis
Donald Deatherage
Rene Decoteau
Alfred Delgado
Dennis Deline
Louis Dennis
Gary Denny
Rodney Derline
Gerald Desmarais
David Dette
Mark Dibble
Darryl Dietz
Lisa Dingledine
David Donelson
Barbara Donoghue
Jeffrey Dover
Deborah Dubay
Larry Dugan
Carl Ebbighausen
Dianne Eckhardt
Gary Eddington
Randy Eldridge
Jonathan Emery
Roberto Faicol
Brian Fay
Sandra Fedasch
Jean Fields
Kenneth Finney
Kenneth Fish
Charles Fleming
Douglas Fleming
Michael Force
Grady Ford
James Fortier
Teresa Franco
David Franks
George Fraser
John Frattali
Stephen Froyd
Paul Fry
Stephen Garnreiter
Louis Garrison
Kevin Gasiorowski
Rafael Gatica
Jeffry Gay
Thomas Glaves
Victor Gonzales
Charles Goodman
Jimmy Goodridge
Stanley Gorski
James Goss
Patrick Grant
Ricky Gress
Albert Griffin
John Grisham
Timothy Guffey
Jerry Gulizia
Moira Gunsul
Dinh Ha
Scott Hackman
Kelly Hale
Carrol Hamilton
Michael Harris
Ricky Harvey
Earl Hashimoto
Daryle Hawkins
William Hayes
Bernique Hays-Espy
Dwayne Henry
Bryan Herold
Judy Hierbaum
John Hilburn
Edwin Hill
Kevin Hinds
Ronald Hoehl
Stevan Hollycross
Willie Hooks
Pieter Hoolboom
John Hooton
James Hoover
C.A. House
Daniel Housholder
Kevin Howard
Debra Hubbard
Gerald Hudlin
Joan Humbert
Janet Humphrey
Quincie Humphrey
William Hunter
James Impastato
James Jackson
Randy Jackson
Joanna Javier
Jahn Johnson
Leslie Johnson
Charles Jones
Paul Jones
Timothy Jones
William Jones
Douglas Jorissen
John Kaiser
Mussrat Kashmiri
David Kaszycki
John Kelley
Thomas Kennedy
Gary Kilmer
Michael King
Charles Kinney
Randall Kozitka
Judith Kuchinski
Dennis Landi
Burton Lane
Richard Lau
Rose Leick
Dick Leuellen
Christopher Leung
Shannon Lewis
Ronald Littlefield
James Lobue
Paul Lombardo
Arne Lund
Howard Mac Kenzie
Akira Maeda
Martin Margherio
James Martin
Lisa Martin
Michael Maurone
Thomas McAndrews
Larry McCulloch
Pamela McElroy
Dianne McGrath
Robert McIvor
Donovan McLeod
Richard Merryman
Kenneth Meyer
Edward Miller
Michael Miller
Steven Miller
Lisa Moggio
David Moore
Ernest Morales
Karen Morell
Audie Murphy
Bradley Myers
Jerry Myrick
Harold Nation
Michael Navarre
Michael Neff
Russell Neu
Dung Nguyen
Hung Nguyen
Kenneth Noall
Richard Noble
Norman Noda
Thomas Obryan
Michael ODonnell
Elizabeth Oen
James Olfky
Randal Orndorff
Mediha Ozdindar
Michael Palko-Dean
Jennifer Parr
Jeffery Payne
John Perko
John Person
Stephen Peters
Gilbert Petitt
Teresa Pieper
Bruce Pope
Tim Potter
Randy Rainville
Rodolfo Ramirez
Randall Ratajczak
John Rauscher
Michael Ray
Deborah Riel
Roger Riley
Lawrence Ringstad
Richard Rios
Jerry Ripperger
Cynthia Ritchie
Riley Ritterbusch
Garry Robbins
Paul Robidoux
Bret Rogers
Teresa Root
Donald Rowell
Colleen Rule
Lawrence Ruth
David Salter
Patricia Sambdman
Rick Sampson
Robert Sampson
Arne Sandvik
Charles Sawyer
Stephen Schill
Betty Schmidt
William Schoknecht
James Schramm
Luanne Schreibe
Jesse Schwartzman
Terrance Searcy
Julia Shy
Ronald Siebrass
Larry Simburger
Gregory Sims
Bryan Smith
John Smith
Robert Smith
Kevin St. Denis
Karla Starr
Michael Steele
John Steiner
Brenda Steward
Melissa Subitch
Keith Sucher
Marilyn Sullivan
Pat Sullivan
William Sullivan
Michael Sweeney
Donald Takeoka
William Taylor
Danny Temple
Gary Thomas
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Milestones
In Focus
RETIREMENTS:
Neil Orr, 14 years
Randall Osborne, 31 years
Richard Otto, 26 years
Craig Pagel, 25 years
Glenn Parkan, 38 years
Kristi Patterson, 43 years
Ronald Pelchat, 36 years
Thomas Pickering, 14 years
Michael Pienta, 24 years
Fred Pilger, 30 years
Jaime Ponsaran, 23 years
Rolande Purcell, 20 years
Robert Rackl, 21 years
Roger Rader, 33 years
Kodumudi Radhakrishnan, 24 years
Jerome Rahn, 24 years
Ruth Ray, 30 years
Dale Rhotehamel, 34 years
Roy Ribbers, 33 years
Walter Robinson, 14 years
If you have an anniversary or retirement approaching and do not want your name printed in Boeing Frontiers, please send an e-mail to
boeingfrontiers@boeing.com at least 90 days prior to your milestone date.
IN MEMORIAM:
The Boeing Company offers condolences to the families and friends of the following employees:
Christopher Coates, manufacturing planner; service date Oct. 31,
1996; died Sept. 11
David Gintz, space simulation technician; service date May 10, 1982;
died Aug. 24
Gail Grader, materials facilitator; service date July 27, 1978; died
Aug. 27
Robert Streifel, hand finisher; service date June 19, 1989; died
Sept. 12
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