2018 BOM – August
Fuselages This month we’re going to learn about fuselages, aka barrel sections, aka the area where you sit in the airplane! On the Boeing 787, the fuselage is made out […]
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2018 BOM – July
Wing to Body Join and Laser Trackers Okay everyone, this month is SUPER SPECIAL (to me) because it involves two of my favorite things about working at Boeing. The first […]
2018 BOM – June
Before I was measuring stuff, I was a tool engineer, designing tooling to help make airplanes. The tools we use are big jigs to hold pieces while they’re fastened together, […]
2018 BOM – May
This month’s block is brought to you by autoclaves! An autoclave is vessel that uses pressure and heat to treat the product inside it. In the airplane industry, we use […]
2018 BOM – April
This month, we’re making two blocks! It sounds like a lot, but they’re light on piecing, so I think it will be manageable. Does anyone else find the conspiracy theory […]
