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- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Honda Created a Civic for Very Light Jets. How High Will It Fly?
- 28 May 2019
- News
Rise in Unruly Behavior on Planes Is Tied to Stress of Flying
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Marquis Jet Takes Off
aircraft and 2,800 pilots. Marquis Jet’s customers, in effect, would be buying flight time on NetJets’ planes. Simple as it may sound, the Marquis Jet concept created a new niche in the staid aviation business. Heretofore, private-jet... View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
small robotic aircraft to deliver essential medical products, first asked Ayala to help her assemble and vet the board for Endeavor Philippines, and he happily agreed. “That then turned into, ‘Well, can you help me find somebody to run... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Top-Flight Tory
appearance: He’s broken his nose three times, once playing rugby, then accidentally in a swimming pool, and yet again, it is said, in a fight. He’s a former member of Britain’s elite SAS commando outfit and an extreme-sports enthusiast who “enjoys cartwheeling out of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
new generation of aircraft like Boeing’s 787 and 777X and Airbus’s A350 series impacting the structure of global networks? —Ryan Both (GMP 18, 2015) CARTY: The new generation of long-range aircraft is not... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
Baldwin (known by the radio call sign "Tank") was on the aircraft carrier USS Midway in the Persian Gulf, flying 45 combat missions over Iraq in Operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch. As the pilot of an EA-6B Prowler, he led a crew... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
shortages, we set up a special system called “Flagpole Reports.” (“Run it up the flagpole so everyone can see it.”) The first reports from Vietnam identified emerging shortages in aircraft flares, 40-mm ammunition, collapsible petroleum... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
decisive, enduring advantages, therefore, become unique local centers of innovation for the likes of mutual funds, venture capital, and biotechnology in Greater Boston or aircraft equipment and design, boat- and shipbuilding, and metal... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
General Electric 1997 Named President and CEO, GE Aircraft Engines 2000 Named Chairman and CEO, 3M 2005 Named Chairman, President, and CEO, Boeing 2015 Named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine 2016 Retires from Boeing Retired... View Details
- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
capital supplied by maxed-out credit cards, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched in April 1982, the first corporate entrant at the prime contractor level in nearly three decades. According to Bloomberg, the acquisition is the largest defense industry deal since... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
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David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation
fields. The Cobras engaged the enemy north of the berm for several minutes until one of the aircraft mistakenly fired a HELLFIRE missile that hit one of the M1A1 tanks located only seventy meters from Major Gurfein. The civilian bulldozer... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)
nine associated firms specializing in the manufacture and repair of turbine engines for the aircraft and other industries. But in addition to his business career, Twaalfhoven has long carried the flag for the cause of entrepreneurial... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
China IFC: Global Access, Global Perspective
Kirby, a leading scholar of China and faculty chair of the Harvard Center Shanghai, parlayed their contacts into valuable educational opportunities for the students. Highlights of the trip included visiting the R&D center for state-owned Commercial View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)
York, before joining the Navy in 1941, before Pearl Harbor. A few months later, I was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington when Japanese planes attacked us in the Battle of the Coral Sea. I was a supply and disbursing officer, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
in Latin America. The two-day event featured a case discussion (on Embraer, the Brazilian commercial aircraft manufacturer), presentations and analysis of new research, and discussions on the complexities of case writing throughout the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Piloting new career horizons for women in aviation
Jeanette Eaton (PMD 72, 1997) is helping a new generation of women take flight. As an executive for Global Business, Commercial Systems, and Services at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in Connecticut, she advocates for youth, especially... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
years—about the time she expects that the next generation of green aircraft will debut. She isn’t sure which of the innovations currently in development—such as planes powered by hydrogen or battery power—will win the race to the runway,... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
As the Nigeria-Biafra war raged around them, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994), her mother, and her brother made a dangerous dash for a better life. Huddled in the belly of a Portuguese cargo plane returning from delivering arms to the Biafran forces, Dyer remembers Nigerian... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli