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Snapshot
Go for launch: With steam from the catapults rising over the flight deck, the crew of the USS John C. Stennis prepares to launch
a Boeing F/A-18 Hornet from the Nimitz-class carrier in late June. A Boeing team recently visited the carrier off the coast of San Diego
to observe flight-deck operations and understand challenges to operating unmanned aircraft from a carrier deck alongside manned
jet fighters. Boeing is developing an Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, or UCLASS, aircraft. PHOTO: u.s. navy
Quotables
“It will be really sweet to
celebrate 100 years as
a company with the
first flight of CST-100.”
– John Elbon, Boeing vice president and general manager of
Space Exploration, talking to reporters after NASA announced
last month that Boeing was selected to continue developing
a seven-person spaceship, the Crew Space Transportation,
or CST-100. The spacecraft is expected to be ready for test
flights by 2016, which is also when Boeing celebrates its
100th birthday. Los Angeles Times, Aug. 4
“We are setting the standard
in the continent.”
– Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive Officer Tewolde GebreMariam
on being the first African airline—and third in the world—to start
revenue service with the 787. USA Today, Aug. 16
8 BOEING FRONTIERS / SEPTEMBER 2012