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Greg Green

Joined: 20 May 2008
Posts: 7
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:46 am Post subject: Introducing myself

I recently started building an RV-9. My build log is on the web at http://www.bit-builder.com/rv9a/rv9a.html.



It is a lot of fun building it, I was a structural engineer at Boeing for many years, but never got to touch the stuff, just design it. Not quite the same.

 

Anyway, hello to the list.

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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject: Introducing myself

Welcome to the cult... 



Ask all the question you want.



Rivet on!



Darrell

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		   From: Greg Green <gpgreen(at)gmail.com>

 Subject: Introducing myself

 To: rv-list(at)matronics.com

 Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 2:42 PM

 I recently started building an RV-9. My build log is on the

 web at

 http://www.bit-builder.com/rv9a/rv9a.html.

 

 It is a lot of fun building it, I was a structural engineer

 at Boeing for

 many years, but never got to touch the stuff, just design

 it. Not quite the

 same.

 

 Anyway, hello to the list.

 

 -- 

 Greg Green

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Jerry Grimmonpre'

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 144
Location: Huntley, Illinois 60142

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject: Introducing myself

Welcome Greg ...

 You'll have fun here and we'll all learn something from your  being here and giving, as well as getting from us.  There are a lot of  talented folks here and we cover everything over time.  Someone has been  there and done that.  I've flown a lot of the Boeing fleet and  your contribution to that is acknowledged ... thanks for building them  strong because some of my landings required designed-in strength.   Have fun and take some of this stuff with the grain.

 Happy building ...

 Jerry

 RV8A  Huntley IL

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AV8ORJWC

Joined: 13 Jul 2006
Posts: 1149
Location: Aurora, Oregon "Home of VANS"

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: Introducing myself

Greg congratulations on your decision and welcome.  

   

I hope you will be a regular poster on ideas and concerns you encounter during your project.  

   

At work, we curse the design engineers at Bombardier (almost daily)  we joke they are young French Canadians with no aviation experience but advanced CAD skills for some of their hair brained designs and hope they would be more like Boeing guys when they grow up.  You could be a valuable asset for safer aircraft, a reduced accident rate and more joy and confidence in our mutual passion of the build.  

   

John Cox - Oregon  

     

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I recently started building an RV-9. My build log is on the web at http://www.bit-builder.com/rv9a/rv9a.html.

 

 It is a lot of fun building it, I was a structural engineer at Boeing for many years, but never got to touch the stuff, just design it. Not quite the same.

 

 Anyway, hello to the list. 

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Greg Green

Joined: 20 May 2008
Posts: 7
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:11 am Post subject: Re: Introducing myself

Had my subscription on digest, so didn't see your replay's.



Thanks for the welcome.



I am no longer a design engineer at Boeing. I switched to a software developer (also at Boeing) in 1996, right about the time of the big push to composites, instead of the beloved aluminum+rivets. The job (design engineer) was too much paper pushing for me. I still work with all those guys, so if you have any questions for me, I can ask the experts. There are some very fine engineers working there, also at Northrop, Lockheed, Airbus, and countless second tier suppliers. Never met anyone from Bombadier. They work on those little airplanes. 



Now I work on software for helping the engineers, specifically the up-front design, which is very interesting. Lots of cutting edge working going on, also a lot of mistakes, notice the big delays with the new airplanes.



I think the guys at Vans do a fine job also, from what little I've gotten through so far. More buildable than some of the stuff I did. 



It is true that advanced CAD skills != good designs. That is what experience and mentoring is for. Tools are just tools, it is the person behind them that makes them work. One thing is pretty clear to me, there needs to be more young people in aviation, it is greybeard's everywhere at Boeing and the other places. Not the premium place for young people to go anymore it seems. That doesn't bode well for the future, especially when the opposite seem to be true in Asia.



I guess I better stop yakking, Have a good day all.

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