Speaker: Annie Flodin

Boeing Historical Services is responsible for preserving and promoting Boeing history. The team oversees the Boeing Archives and supports a number of teams and individuals both within and outside of Boeing. Boeing’s archives include two repositories, and they incorporate the heritage of companies which Boeing has absorbed over its long history. The main collection is housed in a secure complex in Auburn, Washington state, just south of Seattle and covers the corporate history of Boeing as well as other heritage companies including North American Aviation and Douglas Aircraft Co., among others. Another smaller collection is located in St. Louis, Missouri, and encompasses primary McDonnell Aircraft Corp. and McDonnell Douglas.

In 1997 The Boeing Company acquired AeroSpace Technologies of Australia and then in late 2000, Boeing acquired Hawker de Havilland and merged the two companies. Thus Boeing inherited manufacturing operations and assets in Bankstown, NSW and Fishermans Bend, Victoria, along with the heritage of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Government Aircraft Factories and Hawker De Havilland. In 2009 the companies were re-named Boeing Aerostructures Australia to better reflect their business as a major exporter of components to Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Bombardier and other aircraft manufacturers.

To better understand the heritage of ASTA and its predecessors, Annie Flodin of Boeing Historical Services has been visiting Australia and exploring the locations and archives where various elements of this heritage can be found. This has taken her on a tour of numerous aviation museums, collections, and meetings with many organisations and individuals.
Her presentation will describe the role and activities of Boeing Historical Services and inform us about the work she’s doing “down under”.

Annie has worked as a Historian for Boeing since January 2019, and previously worked in Executive Communications where she coordinated internal and external communications initiatives in support of Boeing’s Chairman, President and CEO, with an emphasis on Government Operations and Technology. She founded The Great Planes aviation-themed blog in 2017 (www.thegreatplanes.com), writing about the magic of flight and her journey in the industry (she also displays her mastery of the pun, including The Great Planes, The Three Keys, On Cloud (B-Twenty) Nine, Praising Arizona, and my favourite, Weightless in Seattle). She was also a Contributing Editor for Airways Magazine. She has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Communication and Journalism from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

Hybrid meeting – both in person and via Zoom

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