Boeing was originally founded by a man named William E Boeing in 1916. William E Boeing was originally a business man in the lumber business man who learned from his father after dropping out of Yale University. While still working on his thriving lumber business, He decided that he wanted to learn to fly and was taught by a U.S. Navy engineer by the name of Glenn Martin. Boeing had then purchased for himself a “flying Birdcage” and soon after crashed it. Without any serious injuries, William wanted to fix the aircraft but was quickly informed by glenn that the parts would take months before they arrived. It was then that William realized that he could simply build his own aircraft in that same amount of time. With the help of his friend G,C. …show more content…
soon after entered World War 1 and William knew that the U.S. Navy would need aircraft so to take advantage of this the company officially became the “Boeing Airplane Company”. Boeing then sent two of its seaplanes called the Model C to the Navy as a test sample. Quickly after trying the planes, the navy quickly ordered 50 more of the planes. To keep up with the orders Boeing moved to a larger operating facility in Washington state which became known as Boeing Plant 1. Immediatly after the war however, there was an overabundance of aircraft making both planes and parts incredibly cheep making it almost impossible for a airplane manufacturing company to thrive. This drove many of their competitors out of business. Boeing themselves had to begin producing other products like dressers counters and other furniture just to stay afloat in hopes for the market to turn around, which boeing knew it inevitably eventually …show more content…
With their own airline, this allowed them to make even more money and soon began to acquire companies like Pratt& Whitney, Hamilton Standard Propeller Company, Chance Vought, and National Air Transport. Once this had happened, Boeing had finally created their first airrcraft designed for the purpose of transporting up to 12 passengers at once. Over the years, this quickly led to the development of many of Boeing current airliners including its very first modern styled airliner. The Boeing 247 had an all metal body, retractable landing gear, and more. The design was considered to be revolutionary in the industry and other companies were forced to follow suit if they intended on competing whatsoever. Because the plane was just so much faster, safer, and even easier to fly than any other passenger aircraft at the time, it really hurt many of Boeing’s competitors when it was decided that the first 59 of the aircraft were produced exclusively for Boeing's own United