As the 200-plus employees of Beal Aerospace bustle outside their boss’ second-floor office, Andy Beal is energized. He’s excited. He’s enthusiastic.

   Beal’s enthusiasm surrounds him like a force field from a science fiction novel. It is a palpable thing, almost shimmering in the air around him. It lights his eyes and infuses his movements to such a degree that it would be easy to believe the electricity powering the lights, computers, and other machinery in the 163,000-square-foot Frisco plant comes not from TXU, but from Beal himself. And in a way, it does. Even more than his money, Beal’s vision and his enthusiasm propel Beal Aerospace.

   “Andy just convinces you,” says Walter J. Lewis, Beal’s vice president of business development. A 30-year veteran of the aerospace business, Lewis left industry giant Boeing in June to work for Beal. “He has a vision, and I believe in that vision.”

   But can Beal succeed?