In 1966, Boeing committed to Pan Am that it would deliver the radically new 747 to them by 1969—without even a finalized design. After a herculean engineering and manufacturing effort over the following years, the plane received its airworthiness certificate, on schedule. In January of 1970, First Lady Pat Nixon christened the first Pan Am 747 as it entered commercial service. This was the golden age of American aerospace. The sheer force of will of the engineers who made the 747 program possible is matched only by the spirit of the unsung heroes of this great American industry who supported them: the thousands of families across every state who—through blood, sweat, and generational dedication—founded, built, and nurtured the businesses that designed and manufactured the complex products that went into it. Amca is building on the legacy of American aerospace, not by preserving it untouched, but by doing what those before us did: creating new products with engineering and manufacturing excellence at our core.