tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post2832044187520901306..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Some Guys Have All the LuckSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-12107042257576055812012-08-07T17:02:52.232-04:002012-08-07T17:02:52.232-04:00Cool! I think there's still one or two in con...Cool! I think there's still one or two in conference rooms around the place. I have two 7E7 coffee mugs: large, insulated, thin stainless shell. Never held coffee (I think...).SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-34240466115030268112012-08-06T23:22:42.931-04:002012-08-06T23:22:42.931-04:00I still have my "Boeing 7E7" poster, pri...I still have my "Boeing 7E7" poster, prior to it being renamed. I'll have to keep that!Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-63101291340738064982012-08-03T20:45:36.799-04:002012-08-03T20:45:36.799-04:00I couldn't tell you if the process worked. I ...I couldn't tell you if the process worked. I know the 787 program took much longer than they wanted - don't they always? I think we were planning for first flight in March of '06 when the program started, but it was in late '09 before it flew. I don't recall who it was that said, "faster, cheaper, better - choose any two". <br /><br />Boeing seems to do about one airplane design per decade. There was more delay than usual between the 777 and the 787, with the 777 going into service in 1995 and the 787 in 2011 - but figure the 9/11 induced aviation recession added maybe three years in there. Despite the rapid progress of all things technical, the regulatory burdens increase faster than the technical side.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-32304119083086444222012-08-03T18:01:55.192-04:002012-08-03T18:01:55.192-04:00Back in '91 some marketing guys from Boeing ca...Back in '91 some marketing guys from Boeing came to us to produce a demo that would show their Engineers just how to <i>do</i> the new Process-Workflow integration thing. Never found out how that turned-out...<br />But given that it's "Wired," isn't there a fear they'll put it in a left-wing spiral and crash?NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13460199597231661863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-40112668481817822712012-08-03T00:02:03.799-04:002012-08-03T00:02:03.799-04:00My former manager at Boeing wound up being the Fli...My former manager at Boeing wound up being the Flight Test Manager for the #3 test aircraft, and a couple of the guys who took other jobs offered as we were all getting laid-off wound up being involved as various flight test Technicians.<br />Man....have *I* got some stories to tell about the 787!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com