Boeing history chronology

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1945 Jan. 9: A C-97 Stratofreighter (Model 367) sets a transcontinental record by flying 2,323 miles from Seattle to Washington, D.C.,
in 6 hours, 4 minutes, at an average speed of 383 mph.
Jan. 26:
March 7:
March 18:
April 13:
May 7:
June 30:
July 23:
Aug. 6:
Aug. 15:
Sept. 1:
Sept. 5:
Oct. 23:
Nov. 20:
Nov. 28:
Dec. 22:
The McDonnell XFD-1 prototype of the FH-1 Phantom naval jet fighter makes its first flight.
The Piasecki HRP-1 tandem-rotor helicopter makes its first flight.
The Douglas AD Skyraider makes its first flight.
The last Boeing-built B-17 is delivered.
Germany surrenders.
By this date, North American has delivered a total of 14,487 Mustangs to Allied air forces.
Boeing is authorized to build the B-29D. Once built, it will be so different from the B-29 that it will be redesignated
the B-50 on Dec. 23.
The Boeing B-29 Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the B-29 Bockscar bombs
Nagasaki, Japan.
World War II ends. The government cancels its orders for bombers. By the end of the year, 70,000 Boeing employees,
99,000 Douglas employees and 86,000 North American employees will be left without jobs.
William M. Allen is elected president of the Boeing Airplane Co.
The Douglas C-74 Globemaster military transport makes its first flight. It can circumnavigate the globe making only two stops.
The last of 10,174 military DC-3/C-47 transport aircraft built by Douglas is handed over to the U.S. Army Air Forces.
The Boeing B-29 Pacusan Dreamboat sets a world nonstop distance record of 8,198 miles on a flight from Guam to
Washington, D.C.
Pan American World Airways orders 20 Boeing Stratocruisers (Model 377), a commercial version of the C-97 military transport.
Two Boeing C-97 Stratofreighters, on their first peacetime mission, carry 190 servicemen from Seattle to Chicago in time
for Christmas.
Boeing history chronology
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