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Founded in 1916, Boeing Commercial Airplanes is the premier aircraft builder in the USA and one of the biggest aerospace constructors in the world. To the man on the street Boeing is inextricably linked with some of the greatest names in aircraft design and construction, the B17 Flying Fortress Bomber, The 8707 (USA's first commercial jet airliner), the revolutionary 747 'Jumbo Jet' and the massive B52 Bomber.
Boeing is a global player in the fields of civil and military aircraft, weapons, systems, missiles, electronic systems and spacecraft. It is the biggest aeronautics firm in the world and for most people the name has become synonymous with the jet liner. Boeing's reputation was not created easily. In achieving it, the men who directed the Seattle enterprise since its launch in 1916 have had to face many challenges, some of which threatened its very existence. On four occasions Boeing's future has rested on the success or failure of a single aircraft.
The Story began with William Edward Boeing, the son of European immigrants, who took over his father's timber business. A shrewd businessman attracted by novelty, he got the flying bug, decided to study aeronautics and in 1915 he and a naval lieutenant G. Conrad Westervelt built the tiny 1,270kg B&W seaplane. Boeing went on to found the Pacific Aero Products Company which, in 1917 became the Boeing Airplane Company. Alongside his industrial activities he was for many years one of the leading figures in the development of air transportation in the US.
An authoritative book, Boeing is illustrated with more tan 300 photographs, describes all the vicissitudes in the life of the company and its products, many of which have long since been forgotten, while others have become icons. Appendices in Boeing include data on aircraft designed by Boeing, performance figures and design features of Boeing aircraft and helicopters, missile data, jet airliners orders and deliveries, military aircraft deliveries, and Boeing financial results.
Author: Alan Pelletier is a French aviation historical author. He is an aeronautical engineer by training, and has written numerous articles and books, both in France and abroad focusing on French and American aircraft as well as aspects of the history of aviation technology for over 25 years.
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