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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Losing It at Fifty Feet
The KC-135 aerial refueling tanker consists of a refueling boom that extends out to receiving aircraft to refill their gas tanks. The operator who manages the boom is called, appropriately enough, the boom operation. The 135 provides the boom operator … Continue reading
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Tagged aerial refueling, boom operator, Engineering, KC-135, Refueling tanker, STEM, Testing, UARRSI
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Corporate Training 101
The current austere environment that most companies are facing does have an upside to it: gone are the mandatory weeklong classes and seminars that covered the flavor of the moment in corporate theology. I first experienced this with Monsanto. Living … Continue reading
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Tagged aerospace, Chemical plant, Deming, Engineering, Monsanto, STEM, Stephen Covey, training
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An Absence – Heart growing fonder?
I’ve been off my game the past week due to some personal issues. I did want to update you on the donation to the Cup of Joe for a Joe program. I’ve received a couple of emails containing messages of … Continue reading
Balancing Illness, Work and Kids
I’ve been suffering this week with some kind of virus that has lingered now for days. I’ve missed two days of work (thank goodness for sick leave) and I’m making plans to hit the road tomorrow and head into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Engineering, illness, sick leave, single parent, STEM
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The Closer
The Boeing Company announced this week the closing of one of its oldest facilities. Started in 1929 and located in Wichita, Kansas, this facility in its heyday built and serviced military aircraft with as many as forty thousand employees during … Continue reading
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Tagged Boeing, closure, Engineering, Georgia Gulf, Monsanto, relocation, STEM
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A Wee Story to Start off 2012
I thought I’d start off the New Year with a look at one of the strangest projects that I’ve ever had. A co-worker asked me to look into a redesign of the urinal area on the B-52. I jumped at … Continue reading
STEMz and Roses 