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More people will fly, including many of that one-third of all American adults who have never been up in a plane. E.H. Boullioun, President of Boeing's Commercial Plane Division, observes: "People's life patterns are changing. Young people are living for today. Let's say a couple has a few hundred dollars on hand. They'll spend it flying to California or somewhere...
...consistently. Eastern seems willing to take the gamble, however, and U.S. planemakers are apparently afraid that other European jets may eventually follow the Airbus into the American market. To ward off that long-term threat, Boeing, the giant of the U.S. industry, has sent ace international Salesman E.H. ("Tex") Boullioun to Britain. His mission: to explore possibilities for future collaboration with a British-led European consortium to develop a new generation of commercial jets for the 1980s...
...tall, weighs 60,000 Ibs., which makes it about half the size of the Titan II. Liquid-fueled missiles are largely crafted by hand, but Boeing, prime contractor for the Minuteman, will treat the weapon much like a production-line item. Says Boeing's Chief Engineer Ernest ("Tex") Boullioun: "It will take us a year to install the first 150 in their silos, nine months for the next 150, six months for the next 150, and after that we expect to put 150 in every three months...