Hey Kimm: While you're talking to them, ask if they've got any extra laying
around spare that they don't know how to get rid of. Drop hints that if they
give us enough money we might consider taking it off their hands! And of course
for packing material they could throw in some of those flooring sheets. Yes, I
think this could be a very beneficial arrangement. Have they got anything else
that could come in handy? How about those axles you mentioned, are those Boeing
too? Do planes have those lowrider suspension systems, for when they pull up to
stoplights? Would landing gear be useful anywhere on an Airstream? And you
know, you can never have enough of those little personal-sized pillows. Or
mechanics, we could use a couple of them too. Since they're trying to get out
of town and all, there's probably all kinds of stuff they'd rather not take with
them.
--Sarah
Kimm Flatt wrote:
> Sarah,
>
> I use to work at Boeing as a passenger floor structure design engineer.
> The drafters drew it, the stressors stressed it, we approved it, and the
> titanium factory extruded it.
>
> I'll try and call some old friends and see just what factory it was,
> that produced it. Although, I'm assuming that for channel and I-beam,
> it could just be ordered, since it isn't some weird shape, albeit pricy.
>
> State secret, no. Boeing proprietary, probably.
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