Northwest Aerospace News December 2018 | January 2019 Issue No. 6 | Page 4

AEROSPACE NORTHWEST N E W S M A G A Z I N E 708 North Argonne Road #18 Spokane Valley,WA 99212 NORTHWEST AEROSPACE NEWS 509-995-9958 PUBLISHER ISSUE No. 6 DEAN CAMERON w w w. n o r t hwes t aerospacenews.co m PUBLISHER DEAN CAMERON [email protected] CREATIVE DIRECTOR & EDITORIAL DESIGN REBECCA LLOYD [email protected] COPY EDITOR & PROOFREADER ANN CONTOIS [email protected] CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: DEAN CAMERON BRYAN CORLISS GINA BREUKELMAN PATRICK O’HALLORAN FIONA MCKAY JENNIFER FERRERO MARY KAYE BREDESON PHOTOGRAPHER CREDITS: DAVID DOWN LEAD DEVELOPER | I.T. SUPPORT ADAM TOWNSEND FINANCE | BOOKKEEPING PAM CAMERON Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission from Northwest Aerospace News magazine - a Top Drawer Media Publishing company is strictly prohibited. Top Drawer Media does not accept li- ability for omissions or error in Northwest Aerospace News. Any and all advertising and other content submitted is assumed to have all the proper licenses and copyrights before submission. The content held without does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Northwest Aerospace News magazine. Northwest Aerospace News Magazine does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the quality, accuracy, completeness, legality, or reliability. Northwest Aerospace News Magazine is not responsible for the content or availability of any external or 3rd party websites and does not warrant or guarantee the products, services or performance of any party shown by article or advertisement within the print magazine or our website. 4 4 The Future is Now My wife Pamela and I had the extreme pleasure of helping to care for my grand- father in his last years. We would visit and cook dinner for him several times a week and listen to the stories he would share about his life and growing up in rural North Dakota. I was amazed at what he saw in his lifetime, from riding horseback into town and pumping water from a well, to cell phones and com- puters and space travel. I thought that no other generation would experience so much dramatic change. I was wrong. Not only is technology changing and innovation the beneficiary, it is doing so at breakneck speed. We read daily about new innovations in manufacturing and the resulting progress in areas like space travel, UAV and better-perform- ing aircraft. Technology is barely futuristic before it becomes reality, as we see working prototypes of self-landing rocket boosters and electric airplanes and driverless vehicles. Sometimes the new technology is not as visible as what we see on the news, but it is certainly visible and necessary for the numerous forward-thinking companies that employ better, faster and more efficient means of bringing their products to the marketplace. So, what is next? It is hard to tell but let me assure you that we are looking in all the niches and corners and finding some of the most mind-blowing new technology the aerospace manufacturing industry has ever seen, right here in the Pacific Northwest — and we will be sure to tell you all about it. Stay tuned, Dean Cameron Publisher NORTHWEST AEROSPACE NEWS