Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"You're just going to look at this thing in amazement and go, 'Holy smokes.'"

Source: Tom Wroblewski, president of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751, which represents the Boeing workers in Everett, WA who have worked furiously to meet the planemaker's deadline for the July 8, 2007 rollout of the 787 Dreamliner. Boeing is preparing a lavish ceremony, hosted by NBC news broadcaster Tom Brokaw and scheduled to be transmitted throughout the globe via satellite television and webcasts. As many as 100 million are expected to tune in for the rollout of the first all-new Boeing plane since 1994.

FMI: www.boeing.com