The first Boeing plane at their first assembly building, on Seattle's Lake Union. Picture from Boeing.
94 years ago today, the Pacific Aero Products Co was founded by William E Boeing in Seattle, WA and it has been an amazing ride since! Some key moments in their history:
1917: The company was renamed to the Boeing Airplane Company.
1927: Boeing started their own airline called Boeing Air Transport.
1933: Due to new regulations, Boeing was split into three companies: United Airlines, United Aircraft Corporation and the Boeing Airplane Company. This is the year that William Boeing also left Boeing.
1938: The first flight of the Boeing 314 Clipper.
1944: Due to the war over 350 aircraft were being built each month.
1957: The Boeing 707 has its first flight.
1960: Boeing purchased Vertol Aircraft Company which got them into the business of helicopters.
1963: The amazing Boeing 727 takes off for the first time.
1967: Just four years after the 727 has its first flight, the Boeing 737 takes to the sky.
1969: The first wide-bodied airliner, the Boeing 747, has its first flight and changes airline transportation forever.
1971: Funding for the Boeing 2707, the supersonic airliner, was cut.
1981: The first wide-bodied, twinjet airliner, the Boeing 767 has its first flight.
1982: The Boeing 757 has its first flight.
1994: The Boeing 777 successfully has its first flight.
1996: Boeing merges with McDonnell Douglas.
1998: The Boeing 717, which started life as the MD-95, has its first flight.
2001: Boeing moved its corporate headquarters from Seattle to Chicago.
2009: The much anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner has its first flight.
To read more about Boeing’s history, be sure to check out their huge history section on their website.
