Boeing (Images of America)
Martin W. Bowman
The Boeing Company was founded by William E. Boeing, the son of a
wealthy timberman. At the age of thirty-four, Boeing took up flying for
his own amusement. After a couple of rides, he became convinced that he
could build a better aeroplane. He and Commander G. Conrad Westervelt, a
Navy officer assigned to engineering work at a shipyard in Seattle,
Washington, decided to build a pair of seaplanes. By December 1915, an
aeroplane called the 'B & W Seaplane' was under construction in a
hangar on the east shore of Lake Union. Bluebird, the first B & W,
was completed in early 1916, marking the modest beginning of aircraft
production at the Boeing Company. It flew for the first time on 29 June
1916.
wealthy timberman. At the age of thirty-four, Boeing took up flying for
his own amusement. After a couple of rides, he became convinced that he
could build a better aeroplane. He and Commander G. Conrad Westervelt, a
Navy officer assigned to engineering work at a shipyard in Seattle,
Washington, decided to build a pair of seaplanes. By December 1915, an
aeroplane called the 'B & W Seaplane' was under construction in a
hangar on the east shore of Lake Union. Bluebird, the first B & W,
was completed in early 1916, marking the modest beginning of aircraft
production at the Boeing Company. It flew for the first time on 29 June
1916.
سال:
1999
ناشر کتب:
Arcadia Publishing
زبان:
english
صفحات:
66
ISBN 10:
0752415379
ISBN 13:
9780752415376
فائل:
PDF, 53.01 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1999