Golf Outing Anyone?
Our Retiree team is planning a golf outing (for golfers and non-golfers alike) at the private Tumble Creek Golf Course in Suncadia on Monday July 22nd. If you are interested in participating, please select your options presented in this Google Form and submit your response to us by end of May for planning purposes. If you sign up, you will receive more details in June regarding this fun event!
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Below are Past Events Available for Viewing Online
UW Capstone Projects
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Two senior UW students, Thomas George and David Vadillo, shared their amazing work on Capstone Projects. These projects covered a required 24-week multidisciplinary design as part of the degree in Aerospace. One project involves work done by the Fly-Swim Drone team and the other investigates how deployable an AeroTec drone system can be.
Boeing Metamorphosis
Saturday, March 16, 2024, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
John Fredrickson, who wrote the book “Boeing Metamorphosis” with John Andrews, describes some of the stories they collected for that book during their careers involved in Production Development and Planning. The book covers the Boeing days between Bill Boeing standing up the company to the early days of the 747.
The P-51 Mustang – Innovation, Design and Technical firsts
Saturday, January 20, 2024, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Boeing Historian Michael Lombardi talks with us about the P-51 Mustang. It is considered one of the greatest fighter planes of the Second World War. Michael shares the inspiring story of the engineering and leadership teams of North American Aviation (NAA). He focuses on design evolution, technical firsts and manufacturing innovations pioneered by the NAA teams.
The Mother of Wi-Fi and the One-Weekend Wonder
Saturday, November 18, 2023, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Boeing retired VP Pam Valdez shares two fascinating history of technology stories about (1) the invention of frequency-hopping by actress Hedy Lamarr, leading to her being dubbed the “Mother of Wi-Fi” and (2) how Boeing did the original design of the B-52 in one weekend in a hotel room. Pam is a RAeS Fellow, pilot, AP mechanic, aerospace logistician and avionics technician!
Pam’s Hedy Lamaar frequency-hopping presentation
Pam’s B-52 miracle weekend presentation
Scott Day, Alaska Airlines Managing Director, System Chief Pilot presentation and Q&A
Saturday, September 16, 2023, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Scott has worked at Alaska Airlines for 27 years as a pilot. He oversees the 3400 pilots at Alaska and his presentation includes the following talking points:
- Brief History of Alaska Airlines.
- Current technology in use on the line and in training.
- Current challenges in the industry.
- Discuss the strong partnership Alaska Airlines has with Boeing.
Building a HuskySat-2 that will go into low earth orbit in 2025
Saturday, May 20, 2023, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Alnis Smidchens (a third-year student in Applied Physics at UW with a focus on electricity and magnetism) talks about how an undergrad team building a Husky Sat-2, an open-source CubeSat satellite, will go into Low Earth Orbit in 2025.
What a Chief Mechanic Does at Boeing
Saturday, March 18, 2023, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Jennifer Radtke talks to us about what a Chief Mechanic (her job) does for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Product Development.
Propellant depots in space
Saturday, January 21, 2023, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Daniel Adamo tells us about the potential for placing propellant depots in space to facilitate human space travel beyond earth’s orbit. Mr. Adamo retired from the United Space Alliance and served as a flight controller for 60 shuttle missions. The links below are to his recorded presentation and a link to his deck of slides.
Future Airspace – Meeting Demand through Integration
Saturday, November 19, 2022 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Lynne Hopper, VPGM of Boeing’s Engineering Strategy and Operations, presented aspects of meeting future airspace demand through integration. The links below are to her recorded presentation and supporting Q&A files.
Commercial Space and Parallels to Air Transport
Saturday, March 19, 2022 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Blue Origin’s Tamaira Ross (Director, New Glenn System Definition & Design) discusses historic trends from the air transport industry and how commercial space transport plans to emulate that development path to orbit.
Tamaira Ross – Commercial Space
Flying at the Edge of Space: The Challenges and Opportunities of Hypersonic Flight
Saturday, January 15, 2022 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Kevin Bowcutt, Boeing Senior Technical Fellow & Chief Scientist of Hypersonics, describes key technical drivers, critical technologies, and unique challenges of designing and developing vehicles to fly at hypersonic speed. Kevin also describes a vision for the future of hypersonic flight and what Boeing is doing to turn that vision into reality.
The Bombing of the Falklands by the RAF, from the Tanker Cockpit
Saturday, November 20, 2021 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Commander Bob Tuxford describes how the British managed the logistical issues for such a long-distance target when they bombed the Falkland Islands. He flew a Victor tanker on that mission, and he gives us a unique insight into the support required for the Vulcan bombers.
The presentation about the “Black Buck 1” mission is in two parts with Q&A included in the second part.
Bob Tuxford Black Buck 1 — Part 1
Bob Tuxford Black Buck 1 — Part 2
Commercial Aviation from end of WWII through 707
Saturday, September 18, 2021 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Mike Lombardi, Boeing’s Historian, talks about commercial aviation starting with what we learned from Germany at the end of World War II through the development of the 707 prototype, the DASH 80.
Mike Lombardi WWII thru Dash 80 — Part 1
Mike Lombardi WWII thru Dash 80 — Part 2
The evolution of commercial jet aviation
Saturdays, June 19, July 17, and August 21, 2021 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Peter Morton, retired vice president of Boeing, presents “The evolution of commercial jet aviation”, from the time period of the DASH 80 through the 707, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777.
June 2021 presentation – DASH 80, 707 727, 737
Peter Morton Dash 80 thru 737 — Part 1
Peter Morton Dash 80 thru 737 — Part 2
July 2021 presentation – 747 and 757 / 767
Peter Morton 747 thru 757 / 767 — Part 1
Peter Morton 747 thru 757 / 767 — Part 2
August 2021 presentation – 777 development and 777 support and training
Peter Morton 777 Dev, Support, Training — Part 1
Peter Morton 777 Dev, Support, Training — Part 2
History and ancestry of the Nimrod
Saturday, May 15, 2021 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
John Brown’s presentation is about the Nimrod which he flew from 1979 to 1984, entirely in flight-test mode. His talk includes the history and ancestry of the aircraft, its roles, and its detection systems. John shares several aspects of flight-tests in which he was involved including testing in support of the Falklands War operations. John was in the British Royal Air Force from 1963 to 1985, a National Test Pilot School instructor 1985 to 1988, with Northwest Airlines 1988 to 1996, at Boeing Commercial Airplanes 1996 to 2016, and worked with the FAA until 2019.
Electric and Electric Hybrid Commercial Aircraft; a Practical Approach
Saturday, March 20, 2021 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
Alan Prichard, Royal Aeronautical Society, presentation is on “Electric and Electric Hybrid Commercial Aircraft; a Practical Approach” – A fully integrated solution.. Alan was born in New Zealand and educated in New Zealand and the UK, is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and retired from Boeing Commercial Preliminary Design and MR&D as an Associate Technical Fellow. During his career as an aerospace consultant, his focus was on carbon fiber usage and 3D weaving of carbon fiber. He has recently authored the chapter of a new aerospace structures handbook covering 3D weaving and braiding.
Alan Prichard Electric and Hybrid Aircraft Design
How I Accidently Trained for my Dream Simulator Career
Saturday, January 16, 2021 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific
John Hope shares his career experiences in “How I Accidently Trained for my Dream Simulator Career.” John is retired from the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company as the director of Flight Operations Engineering. The organizations within this department provided customer airlines with engineering operational support, performance software, data, and related publications for all Boeing and former McDonnell Douglas airplanes world-wide and he has hosted numerous international conferences.
John has had a colorful career with key roles in the development of all new simulator models through the 747-400 and then as senior manager through the 777.
