When we celebrated the 1,000th 777 earlier this month, there was another milestone that didn’t get much attention. But when I heard the story behind it, I had to share it with you.
Boeing employee Dick Bender seems to have special relationship with the number 1,000. His job is to sign the certificate of airworthiness on our airplanes. He did just that for the 1,000th 777—as well as the 1,000th 747 in 1993 and the 1,000th 767 in 2011.
Here’s Dick posing next to the 1,000th 777 for Emirates.
Bender joined Boeing in 1957 and guesses that he’s signed the final delivery document for a couple hundred airplanes. When his co-workers discovered that he’d signed for the 1,000th 747, they gave him the honor of signing the 1,000th 767’s final paperwork. So it was only fitting that he sign the 1,000th 777 paperwork too.
Congratulations to Dick for being a part of Boeing history three times.
Rollout of the 1000th 767 - February 2011.
The 1000th 747 delivered to Singapore Airlines in October of 1993. Photo courtesy Singapore Airlines.
from Randy's Journal
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