William Edward Boeing

William Edward Boeing (October 1st 1881 - September 28th 1956) is a Aviateur and American contractor, founder of the company Boeing.

Origins

William Boeing was the son of a German engineer who had made fortune in mining and forest. It is this last activity which William will take again and develop in the state of Washington after studies on the east coast.

Beginnings in Seattle: planes for the navy

It was rather interested by the naval architecture when in 1909, it saw, for the first time, with Seattle, a Avion.

In 1916, it founds with George Westervelt B & W Pacific Aero Products, which becomes in April 1917 Boeing Airplane Company, at the time of the order, into full First World War, of 50 apparatuses by the marine of the United States.

Civil aviation and diversification of the activities

After the conflict, Boeing built civil aircrafts and dealt with air service of the mail.

In 1934, it had, under the terms of the anti-monopoly act, to divide its company into three entities of which two always exist: the manufacturer of Boeing planes and the airline company United Airlines.

After that, Boeing withdrew businesses and dealt with breeding of horses.

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