Boeing workers learn about composites by practicing on snowboards |
Monday, 15 June 2009 | |
Although several of them work on the Boeing
Co.'s latest jet, the 787, they're not building the Dreamliner in
Damian Cianci's class. Instead, Edmonds Community College instructor
Cianci is teaching these Boeing workers how to make their own
snowboards, using composite technology not so different from what
Boeing uses with its 787.
After several evenings' worth of labor --
cutting out the black base with scissors, attaching the board's metal
edge and sawing a thin layer of wood, most of the students are ready to
see their boards come together.
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