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William E. Boeing, Jr. in the Red Barn at The Museum of Flight, July 2011. William Edward Boeing Jr. (November 22, 1922 – January 8, 2015) was an American real estate developer [ 1 ] and philanthropist who was the son of aviation pioneer William E. Boeing , founder of the Boeing Company . [ 2 ]
On May 14, 1954, 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. [24] William Boeing died on September 28, 1956, at the age of 74. [25] [26] His ashes were scattered off the coast of British Columbia, where he spent much of his time sailing. [27]
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The United Aircraft and Transport Corporation was formed in 1929, when William Boeing of Boeing Airplane & Transport Corporation teamed up with Frederick Rentschler of Pratt & Whitney to form a large, vertically integrated, amalgamated firm, uniting business interests in all aspects of aviation—a combination of airframe and aircraft engine manufacturing and airline business, to serve all ...
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Boeing won a contract in 1961 to manufacture the S-IC stage of the Saturn V rocket, manufactured at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1966, Boeing president William M. Allen asked Malcolm T. Stamper to spearhead production of the new 747 airliner on which the company's future was
American aviation pioneers, people directly and indirectly responsible for the advancement of flight, including people who worked to achieve manned flight before the invention of aircraft, as well as others who achieved significant "firsts" in aviation after heavier-than-air flight became routine.