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During this hour-long presentation Jeffry Culver\, Boeing retiree and docent at the Museum of Flight in Seattle\, Wa shington\, will focus on The Boeing Company&rsquo\;s role in building airc raft first for the US Military\, then for commercial use. Through determin ation and shear will\, the company focused on innovations to become succes sful in both markets.
\nJeff will also touch on the cancellation of the 2707 SST (the Supersonic) contract with the federal government in 1971 that led to the near financial collapse of the company as well as the his tory of founder William E. Boeing\, and the merger between Boeing and McDo nnell-Douglas.
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About the Present er:
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Je ff was raised in Bellevue\, and became interested in airplanes and aviatio n at a young age. When he was in high school\, he started his work with ai rplanes at Bellevue Airfield\, Boeing Field\, and Renton Airport. He serve d for 6 years in the US Navy\, some of it on the USS Nimitz CVN-68. While he was in the Navy he qualified as a turbine engine technician.
\nAf ter the Navy\, he studied economics and worked in aircraft maintenance. Th en he went to work for the Army as a civilian and then as an active reserv ist. With the Army\, he worked in maintenance for both fixed and rotary wi ng craft. He spent time working as a flight engineer on CH-47 Chinooks.
\nHe also worked for Boeing for 34 years in Experimental Flight Testin g\, as a customer airline QA rep\, and as a customer training specialist. He has experience with 737\, 747\, 757\, 767\, and 787 airframes. He semi- retired from Boeing in 2020 and then became a contract instructor for Boei ng. He fully retired in June 2023.
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\n2026 A
Novel Idea Book Selection:
Supersonic \;charts
the rise of a boomtown city in the American West where ambition outpaces m
emory. In the present day\, PTA president Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth is deter
mined to rename her daughter&rsquo\;s elementary school after her late gra
ndmother&mdash\;a beloved music teacher and Japanese internment survivor.
What begins as a symbolic family gesture spirals into a kaleidoscopic\, mu
lti-generational story of struggle&mdash\;for and against change\, and ove
r who gets to define the future. \;
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Through interwov
en lives&mdash\;an opioid-addicted 19th-century conman\, a disgraced Navy
seaman building a jet that will fly faster than sound\, a stay-at-home dad
turned weed entrepreneur\, and a family haunted by the ghosts of progress
&mdash\;Supersonic reveals how each era tries to remake the same
ground beneath its feet. At once intimate and panoramic\, the story channe
ls the restless energy that propels the West. \;
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About the Author: \;
Thomas Kohnst
amm was born and raised in Seattle. He still lives in the same house he gr
ew up in&mdash\;now with his wife and two children. \;A freelance writ
er for over twenty years\, \;he&rsquo\;s \;been a Spanish &\; P
ortuguese translator\, travel writer\, video &\; animation producer and
has covered subjects ranging from rainforest conservation to quantum comp
uting to backcountry skiing. \;Supersonic \;is his third
book. \;
Learn more about \;A Novel Idea \;
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