It’s Back!!

2 days ago it was 15 degrees (60F) and right now we’re a couple of degrees above freezing.  Warnings are out for  freezing rain and high winds and there’s a real good chance that we might get a few flurries tonight.

God, I hate winter.  Whatever joy I used to feel when I was a kid has been sucked out of me by cold dreary days and long bitter nights.

That’s Just "Plane" Fast

  From an article discussing Boeing’s new 787 “Dreamliner” aircraft which is scheduled to go into service in 2008 - “Boeing’s goal is to churn out each plane in three days”.

I can’t quite get my head around that.  Some wag once said that an airplane is a million parts flying in close formation.  To put something that complicated together in 3 days and do it over and over again is quite a trick.

Of course, not one 787 has been built yet.  The entire thing was computer designed and they’re just now getting ready to put together the first prototype.  This hasn’t stopped the company from booking 432 orders.