In flight-testing new jetliners such as the 787 and 747-8, pushing the airplanes to the edge means finding the right weather globally -- good and bad. That’s the job of these Boeing weathermen.
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Southern California was once the site for testing rocket engines that would send astronauts into space. Today, Santa Susana is
quiet -- except for the public tours to see the progress being made in an ongoing cleanup effort by Boeing, NASA and others.
At the Boeing Wichita site, the control tower used long ago for testing of the B-47 bomber has had a makeover -- thanks to members of the Wichita Green Team.