Boeing History – Post War Developments: 1946-1956
The years immediately following the end of World War II rocked with change. The military canceled its bomber orders; Boeing factories shut down and 70,000 people lost their jobs. […]
Aviation History
Boeing History: The War Years of 1939-1945
The first in a series of articles chronicling the Boeing company during World War II. […]
Boeing History: Breaking Up and Building Bigger
Following the Depression, 1934 antitrust legislation prevented airframe manufacturers from owning mail-carrying airlines. […]
Boeing History: Metal Monoplanes
After Charles “Lucky” Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris in a Ryan monoplane in 1927, there was a tremendous surge of interest in aviation. […]
Biplane Fighters, Mail and Passenger Planes
The Boeing Airplane Company began 1923 in a race with the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company to design the best pursuit fighter. […]
Boeing History: Growing Pains – 1903-1936
After the war ended Nov. 11, 1918, the military did not order more aircraft. Civilian biplanes were not selling either. […]
Boeing History: Beginnings – Building a Company
On July 15, 1916, Boeing incorporated his airplane manufacturing business as Pacific Aero Products Company; a year later, he changed the name to the Boeing Airplane Company. […]
Boeing History: Beginnings – The B & W
The first B & W, completed in June 1916, was made of wood, linen, and wire. […]
Boeing History: Beginnings – 1903-1938
In 1903, two events launched the history of modern aviation. The Wright brothers made their first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and William Boeing, born Oct. 1, 1881, in Detroit, Michigan, left Yale engineering college for the West Coast. […]
Boeing History: B-47 Stratojet
The B-47 was the country’s first swept-wing multi-engine bomber. It represented a milestone in aviation history, and a revolution in aircraft design. […]