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Boeing Turns to Model Airplane Builders, Weight Watchers for 787 Dreamliner Help
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Loading ...08th December 2008
Boeing today announced that the giant commercial aircraft manufacturer had sought advice on building its new 
787 Dreamliner from a most unusual group: model airplane hobbyists.
“During the strike, we had a lot of time on our hands. And after the third or fourth day of playing golf, you start to think about other things,” said Scott “Johnny” Carson, President of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “As we thought about it, we realized that the plane’s composite structure essentially makes this the world’s biggest model airplane. So we trolled the Internet and found these model airplane dorks on this chat room. They’ve been in Seattle for a few weeks now, and these guys are amazing. They’ve fixed half the problems already. We’ve strained Testor’s model airplane glue manufacturing capabilities, but they’ve been real cooperative. I think it’s important to let you know that we had excellent ventilation in the facility so no one got high. We promised these guys’ parents we’d take good care of them.”
Carson continued, “We also brought in Weight Watchers to help us identify areas of excess weight. They created this amazing points system – for example, a set of avionics has the same number of points as a cabin ventilation duct. It really lets us focus on what matters. We’re really pleased.”
Boeing announced that, as a result of the work from the hobbyists and Weight Watchers, the aircraft would make its first flight by March 2009.
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