Miracle on the Willamette

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Alan Courtay

September 26, 2016

Miracle on the Willamette

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THE UNTOLD STORY BEHINDTHE MIRACLE ON THE WILLAMETTE

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Thirty years ago, Saber takes off.

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The sky is the limit.

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Then our story begins…

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What was that?!?

Bird strike?

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Nope.

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Singular Jacobian.

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Jacob is single?!?

I thought he was

still with Pam!

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Carl Gustav Jacob JacobiGerman Mathematician

1804-1851And yes, he was single…

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Our contribution margin is in

free fall. I am gonna have to

ditch Saber on the Willamette.

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Are we ISO-26262 certified?!?

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Meanwhile in the cabin…

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This one ought to

be a B5!

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Dear Linda,

I am afraid I am about

to lose yet another

iPad in an airplane…

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RE: Toulouse meeting

Salut Florian,

I am having an incident with

one of your A320’s. Can we talk

about it Monday? Hopefully…

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Let’s have Bob brace

for crash dump…

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Meanwhile in Mountain View…

We just lost Saber…

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I wish we had drifted

toward Hawaii…

Look! A swimmer is

approaching!

Somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic…

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It’s me, Jian! My flight from

Stuttgart went down but the

Bosch laptop is OK!

Somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic…

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Nice to see you Jian!

How was your German

summer camp?

Somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic…

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