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	William Boeing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Edward Boeing (October 1, 1881 - September 28, 1956) was an aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company.
		At the end of the war, Boeing began to concentrate on commercial aircraft, secured contracts to supply airmail service and built a successful airmail operation.
		Boeing retired from the aircraft industry in 1934.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Boeing (361 words)

	Boeing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Piasecki Helicopter was acquired by Boeing in 1960, and was reorganized as Boeing's Vertol division.
		In April 1994, Boeing introduced its most modern commercial jet aircraft, the twin-engine 777, with a seating capacity of between 300 and 400 passengers in a standard three class layout, in between the 767 and the B747.
		Boeing officially announced in November, 2005 that it would produce a larger version of the 747, the 747-8, in two models, commencing with a model for two cargo carriers with firm orders for the aircraft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boeing (3435 words)

	PBS - Chasing the Sun - Boeing
		Boeing found tremendous passenger success with the introduction of its latest model, the 247, notable because of its all-metal construction.
		Boeing beat out Lockheed for the government contract, but was forced to cancel development in 1971 when Congress ended funding of the SST due to environmental and economic concerns.
		Boeing persevered into the 1980s and managed to outlast one of its main competitors, Lockheed, which quit the commercial aircraft business in 1983.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/chasingthesun/companies/boeing.html (783 words)

	William Boeing, Aviation Pioneer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William Boeing, Sr., was born in 1881, son of a wealthy Michigan timber baron.
		When the time came, Boeing was awarded a very lucrative contract by the military to build training, observatory, attack, and pursuit planes.
		Boeing quit in disgust, sold his interest, and never again took an active role in the company.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/boeing.htm (409 words)

	Boeing
		Boeing was convinced he could build a better plane and decided to learn to fly and begin manufacturing aircraft.
		Boeing and Eddie Hubbard flew this plane on March 3,1919, on the first international mail delivery, carrying 60 letters from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Seattle, Washington.
		Boeing also modified and rebuilt De Havilland DH-4 fighters, moving their fuel tanks to a location where they were less likely to burst into flames and trap the pilot (thus the nickname the "Flying Coffin").
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/boeing-early/Aero17.htm (1739 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Ask Us - Boeing 707 History
		The 7-7 designation that has come to signify Boeing's line of commercial passenger jets was chosen purely for marketing purposes, but the story of the 707 is an interesting one, nonetheless.
		Boeing, like most other aircraft manufacturers, has used an internal numbering system to identify its various designs since the company was founded in 1917.
		Although Boeing was eager to develop a jet-powered airliner to replace the Model 377, the company knew that airlines would not commit to the enormous development costs required.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /question/planes/q0134.shtml (1094 words)

	Aviationboom - Pioneers Louis Bleriot
		William Boeing was born October 1, 1881 in Detroit Michigan.
		Boeing’s advisors convinced him, however, to give up the contract after the trial period so that the focus and attention of the company was on building airplanes, and he in turn, persuaded Hubbard to bid on the contract.
		William Boeing retired in 1934 after he was ordered to break up his company conglomerate, walking away from a company he built from the ground up and poured so much of his money and resources into trying to keep it afloat after WWI.
	www.aviationboom.com /pioneers/william_boeing.shtml (1757 words)

	Boeing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Boeing (The Boeing Company) is a leading aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities near Seattle, Washington.
		William E. Boeing had studied at Yale University and worked initially in the timber industry, where he became a rich man. There he also acquired knowledges about wooden structures which later revealed to be of value for the design and assembling of airplanes.
		In 1994, Boeing introduced its most modern commercial jet aircraft, the twin-engine B777, with a seating capacity of 390 passengers, in between the B767 and the B747.
	usapedia.com /b/boeing.html (1191 words)

	William E. Boeing
		In 1919, with Boeing at the controls*, the first air mail between Vancouver BC and Seattle was flown—an event which led to the company becoming involved with the U.S. airmail contracts in later years.
		By 1928, the Boeing Company had become one of the largest U.S. aircraft manufacturers, and was deeply involved with air transportation as well.
		William Boeing left the aviation industry in 1934, returning in World War II to assist in fulfilling the vast military production requirements.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/boeing.htm (403 words)

	PBS - Chasing the Sun - William Boeing
		The son of a wealthy lumberman, William E. Boeing dropped out of Yale University in 1903 to begin his own lumber business in Washington state.
		Boeing outbid the other airlines in 1927 to win a contract to deliver air mail between San Francisco and Chicago.
		Boeing's air mail contracts were cancelled and he was forced to split his business into several different companies.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/wboeing.html (497 words)

	Aviation Medals and Trophies Awarded to William McPherson Allen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William Allen is considered to be the father of modern commercial jet aviation.
		William Allen's personal leadership of Boeing helps in the development of several public policies concerning transportation, a policy which contributed to the development of newer and better modes of air vehicles, and the sources of man's probe into outer space.
		William McPherson Allen graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1925, and after twenty years of service as legal counsel and corporation director with the Boeing Company, he accepted the presidency in 1945 at a most crucial time in company history.
	users.moscow.com /woodisgood/bios/wmallen2.htm (1640 words)

	Promotex Online - The Original Boeing
		William Edward Boeing was born into a wealthy timber and mining family on October 1, 1881 in Detroit, Michigan.
		Boeing would never again be in charge of the day-to-day running of his company, but leaving the presidency did not mean retirement for Bill Boeing.
		Boeing bought Stearman in 1929, so a model of the Stearman 75 Kaydet would be a possibility as would some of Boeing's own aircraft of the 1920s and 1930s.
	www.promotex.ca /articles/cawthon/2004/2004-08-23_article.html (1781 words)

	William E. Boeing \| 20th Century American Leaders Database
		Boeing organized United Airlines outfitting it with 25 specially designed, heavy-duty planes.
		Boeing also designed and constructed a fleet of bi-planes, B-40s, to be used in the mail service.
		Boeing was awarded the Guggenheim medal in 1934 for his activities in the aircraft industry.
	www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/leaders/80 (57 words)

	Boeing - The Rise and Fall of a Great Company
		Boeing was formed by William Boeing, and the company built its first two planes in 1916.
		Boeing managed to win some contracts to build planes from other company's designs, but it became increasingly clear that they needed to design, build and sell their own planes if they were to get more control over their future destiny.
		Boeing's costly gamble paid off, and the plane formed the basis for the first jet tanker, the KC-135 Stratotanker, and the 707, the first Boeing passenger jet, which had its first flight in 1957.
	www.thetravelinsider.info /2003/boeing1.htm (1774 words)

	Boeing: History -- Beginnings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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 tried to get a ride in one of the airplanes, but not one of the dozen aviators participating in the event would oblige.
		Construction of the twin-float seaplane began in Boeing's boathouse, and they named it the B and W, after their initials.
	www.boeing.com /history/boeing (280 words)

	Enshrinee William E. Boeing, Sr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Boeing was joined by Conrad Westervelt, an engineering officer in the Navy, who had the task of collecting and analyzing every bit of technical information available.
		Boeing never doubted that he was on the right track.
		Boeing's newly formed Boeing Air Transport service flourished, and to it was added other airlines under the banner of the Boeing system, later United Air Lines.
	www.michiganaviation.org /enshrinees/Bios/boeing.html (332 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: William Boeing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Antitrust is also the name of a movie, see Antitrust (film) Antitrust or competition laws are laws whose stated purpose is the promotion of economic and business competition by prohibiting anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices.
		Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed.
		In April 1994, Boeing introduced its most modern commercial jet aircraft, the twin-engine B777, with a seating capacity of 386 passengers, in between the 767 and the B747.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Boeing (1051 words)

	NewsScan Publishing Inc. - NewsScan Daily Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While being taught to fly in 1911, Boeing -- a northwest coast lumber businessman -- became convinced that the airplane had a future as a means of transportation.
		Boeing retired from the aviation industry in 1934, but returned in World War II to assist the nation meet its military production requirements.
		Boeing entered Yale's Sheffield Scientific School with the class of 1904, but left before his final year to establish his own successful timber business in Washington State.
	www.newsscan.com /cgi-bin/findit_view?table=honorary_subscriber&id=708 (406 words)

	Boeing - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Boeing Company, The, world’s largest manufacturer of commercial airplanes and military aircraft.
		Boeing controls more than half of the global market...
		Boeing, William Edward (1881-1956), American founder of the aircraft manufacturer The Boeing Company.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Boeing.html (81 words)

	Endgame Profile of Boeing
		Boeing and Lockheed were rival contenders for an enormous Air Force rocket program that both considered key to their future military and space prospects.
		Boeing Co. is nearing a final settlement with federal prosecutors to resolve investigations into its acquisition of proprietary documents from Lockheed Martin Corp. in the 1990s and the recruitment of a senior Air Force contracting official in 2002, a published report said Tuesday.
		Boeing, as the lawsuit filed in 2000 is known, alleged a pattern of discrimination at Boeing.
	www.endgame.org /boeing.html (15034 words)

	William Boeing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Boeing is one of few of the aviation pioneers that are still in business right now.
		William Boeing’s success started one day at a public exhibition of flying.
		William Boeing’s Boeing Airplane Company was a great achievement.
	www.newton.mec.edu /Brown/te/flight/PIONEERS/KARYS/links.html (367 words)

	William boeing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/william_boeing (135 words)

	Boeing: History -- Chronology - Beginnings (1 of 4) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		March 10: William Boeing buys Heath's shipyard on the Duwamish River, which will later become his first airplane factory.
		May 14: William Boeing calls company vice president Edgar Gott from San Diego and tells him to get the factory ready to build the HS-2L, a Curtiss-designed patrol flying boat.
		March 3: William Boeing and pilot Eddie Hubbard fly 60 letters from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Seattle in Boeing's C-700 as part of the Canadian Exposition.
	www.boeing.com /history/boeing/chr1_beg.html (502 words)

	William Boeing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While president of Greenwood Logging Company Boeing to Seattle where during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909 Boeing saw a manned flying machine the first time and became fascinated with aircraft.
		When entered the First World War in April 1917 Boeing changed the name of Pacific Products to Boeing Airplane Company and obtained from the United States Navy for 50 planes.
		At the end the war Boeing began to concentrate on aircraft secured contracts to supply airmail service and built a successful airmail
	www.freeglossary.com /William_E._Boeing (352 words)

	William Boeing Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William Boeing was born in 1881 in Detroit, Michigan.
		It was during flying lessons that Boeing realized the future of aviation transport.
		Boeing formed the Pacific Aero Products Company in 1916, which later changed its name to the Boeing Airplane Company.
	www.paralumun.com /busboeing.htm (66 words)

	William Boeing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William E. Boeing, the founder of the Boeing Airplane Company was truly a great man.
		During WWI William Boeing knew that the navy needed planes.
		William E. Boeing was a great man for he led us in the manufacturing of commercial aircraft.
	www.newton.mec.edu /Brown/TE/flight/PIONEERS/SACHS/links.html (232 words)

	MOHAI
		In March 1919, airplane manufacturer William Boeing and pilot Eddie Hubbard carried a sack of mail from Vancouver to Seattle in Boeing's private seaplane.
		Boeing predicted a great future for air mail service.
		In this photo, taken in March 1919, Eddie Hubbard (left) and William Boeing (right) stand near Boeing's C-700 seaplane, holding a bag of mail.
	www.seattlehistory.org /photo_database/photo_preview.cfm?photoid=7415 (168 words)

	Blue Ridge: William Boeing launched development of neighborhood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Boeing initially bought the 200 acres north of Ballard for timber.
		After it was logged, Boeing launched development in the area by building five brick "castles," as residents now refer to them, which sit high on Northwest Blue Ridge Drive overlooking the Sound.
		The Bleakneys were some of the first "regular" folks not connected to Boeing to build in Blue Ridge, having started their home back in 1937.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /neighbors/blueridge/hist16.html (553 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:William Boeing takes his first airplane ride on July 4, 1915.
		William Boeing takes his first airplane ride on July 4, 1915.
		Boeing had been fascinated with flight since January 1910, when he attended the first U.S. air races in Los Angeles.
		Boeing and Westervelt met at Seattle’s College Club in the summer of 1915.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=367 (292 words)

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