Some pictures from G.E.

I had the pleasure of running a crew for General Electric’s G.E.90 program. The following is an excerpt from my memoir.

#1 Back to the drawing board

#2 My night shift crew

#3 G.E.90 Booster

#4 Designer; "You guys build it, then I'll draw it.

#5 Dan Hiegel

#6 Back to work, you guys.

#7 Fiberglass doors for G.E.90

#8 The titanium Pylon

#9 Mock up to fit Doors

#10 Doors in Closed Position around mockup

#11 Sneak up behind me!

#12 Dan and Caesar

#13 Ready to move with the fork lift

#14 Where the hell is the fork lift

#15 Hydraulic Work Table

#16 Hydraulic table in raised position

#17 Ring installed

#18 Booster ready for inspection

#20 Looking for defects with bore scope

#21 Compressor section on rotary table

#22 My trimmed down crew

#23 Vertical fixture for doors

#24 Night shift before layoff

#25 Day shift

#26 Art Gutierrez, Robin, my neighbor, and Art Carillo, father of Jaime (worked for me at Keck Trailers)

#27 Night shift pylon crew

G.E. lost the Airbus contract to Pratt and Whitney. They updated an existing model to compete with the G.E.90.

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