William Edward Boeing (October 1, 1881 - September 28, 1956) was an aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company. October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ... The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer. ...

He was born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy German mining engineer named Wilhelm Böing who had made a fortune developing large low-grade taconite iron ore deposits and who had a sideline as a timber merchant. William Boeing left Yale in 1903 to go into the lumber side of the business. He bought extensive timberlands around Gray's Harbor on the Pacific side of the Olympic Peninsula. He also bought into lumber operations. Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 265,172 km² / 102,384 sq. ... Taconite is an iron-bearing, high-silica, flint-like rock. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Lumber. ... The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm of land in western Washington state that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle. ...

While president of Greenwood Logging Company, Boeing, who had experimented with boat design, travelled to Seattle, where, during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909, he saw a manned flying machine for the first time and became fascinated with aircraft. City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... The Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition with a view of Mount Rainier The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was a worlds fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. ... Airbus A380 An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...

In 1916, Boeing went into business with George C. Westervelt as B & W and founded Pacific Aero Products. When America entered the First World War in April 1917, Boeing changed the name of Pacific Aero Products to Boeing Airplane Company and obtained orders from the United States Navy for 50 planes. 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. Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... Airmail (or air mail) is mail that is transported by aircraft. ...

In 1934, the United States government accused him of monopolistic practices. The Air Mail Act ordered him to break up his company into three separate entities: United Aircraft Company, Boeing Airplane Company, and United Air Lines. 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. ... The Air Mail Scandal is the name that the American press of the 1930s gave to the results of a meeting (the so-called Spoils Conference) of Postmaster General Walter Folger Brown and the executives of the top airlines, effectively dividing among them the air mail routes. ... United Airlines, the primary subsidiary of the UAL Corporation, is a major airline of the United States headquartered in unincorporated Elk Grove Township, Illinois, near Chicagos OHare International Airport, the airlines largest traffic hub. ...

Boeing retired from the aircraft industry in 1934. He spent the remainder of his years in property development and thoroughbred horse breeding. His thoroughbred farm northeast of Seattle was called Aldarra. Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ...

Boeing Airplane, though a major manufacturer in a fragmented industry, did not really take off until the beginning of World War II.

References

• Carl Cleveland, Boeing Trivia, (Seattle: CMC Books, 1989)
• Harold Mansfield, Vision: A Saga of the Sky (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1956)
• Robert Serling, Legend & Legacy: The Story of Boeing and Its People (New York: St. Martins Press, 1992)