Boeing history chronology

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1929 Feb. 1: The Boeing Airplane and Transport Corp. changes its name to United Aircraft and Transportation Corp.
and by the end of the year had expanded its operations to include Chance Vought Corp., Hamilton Metalplane
Division, Boeing Aircraft of Canada, Stout Airlines, Northrop Aircraft Corp., Stearman Aircraft Co., Sikorsky
Aviation Corp., Standard Steel Propeller Co. and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co.
April 11:
July:
Oct. 5:
Oct. 29:
Nov. 15:
The Boeing P-12 fighter makes its first flight. The Navy version, the F4B-1, will make its first flight on
May 6. The military will order 586 airplanes in the series.
Douglas moves its operations from the cramped facilities of a leased motion picture studio on Wilshire Blvd.
to a new, well-equipped plant near Clover Field, Santa Monica, Calif.
The Boeing Model 40B-4 makes its first flight. It is the first plane in the Model 40 series to use the
two-way radio, designed by Thorpe Hiscock, William Boeing’s brother-in-law.
The stock market crashes and the Depression begins.
The McDonnell Doodlebug makes its first flight.
Boeing history chronology
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