“We could build a better plane ourselves and build it faster.”
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William Boeing
William Edward Böing was an American aviation pioneer. He founded the Pacific Airplane Company in 1916, which was renamed to Boeing a year later. The company is now the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value and among the largest aerospace manufacturers in the world.
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business · American aviation pioneer (1881–1956) · entrepreneur · businessperson · engineer · aircraft pilot · also William Boeing, William E. Boeing, Bill Boeing, William Edward Boeing, Boeing
Born 1 October 1881 · Died 28 September 1956 · Q214826
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2014· 1 entry
“Our Only Hope Will Come Through Rebellion”
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1984· 1 entry
Boeing was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (1966).
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1956· 1 entry
Died 1956-09-28.
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1954· 1 entry
William Boeing and his wife Bertha went back to the Boeing Airplane Company to participate in the rollout ceremony for the Boeing 367-80 prototype
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1934· 3 entries
Won Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1934).
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The United States government accused William Boeing of monopolistic practices
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And was posthumously inducted in to the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1966, ten years after his death
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1929· 2 entries
Boeing joined with Frederick Rentschler of Pratt & Whitney to form United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, which was established as a holding company
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And served as its chairman until its forced breakup in 1934
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1921· 1 entry
Boeing married Bertha Marie Potter Paschall (1891–1977)
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1919· 1 entry
Willam Boeing partnered with Eddie Hubbard to make the first delivery of international airmail to the United States
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1917· 1 entry
Boeing changed the name to Boeing Airplane Company and obtained orders from the US Navy for 50 planes
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1916· 2 entries
Boeing went into business with George Conrad Westervelt as "B & W" and founded Pacific Aero Products Co
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Which was renamed to Boeing a year later
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1910· 1 entry
At the Dominguez Flying Meet, Boeing asked every pilot foreign and domestic if he could go for an airplane ride and was repeatedly denied except for French aviator Louis Paulhan
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1909· 1 entry
Saw a piloted flying machine for the first time and became fascinated with aircraft
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1903· 1 entry
At age 22, Boeing moved to Hoquiam, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest
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1898· 1 entry
Studying in the engineering department of the Sheffield Scientific School, but dropped out in 1903 to go into the lumber business
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1890· 1 entry
When William was eight, his father died of influenza and his mother soon moved to Europe
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1881· 1 entry
Born 1881-10-01.
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