BOEING: Boeing to digitize all airplane maintenance manuals.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-8 April 1999-BOEING: Boeing to digitize all airplane maintenance manuals (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:070499 SEATTLE -- In a major step to move aviation maintenance into the digital age, a top Boeing official today told an industry audience that the company is digitizing all of its principal maintenance manuals so customers can access the documents on compact disks.

Airplane maintenance documents traditionally have been published in conventional paper and microfilm formats. "There's no longer any reason to rely on the old storage and retrieval systems," said Tom Schick, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group executive vice president - Customer Services, speaking at the aviation industry's annual Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul...