Boeing history chronology

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1967 March 12: McDonnell delivers its 2,000th F-4 Phantom, an F-4D, to the Air Force.
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Nov. 9:
The Model 737 makes its first flight.
Hughes Space & Communications Surveyor 3 lands on the lunar surface and sends back the first color
picture of the Earth taken from the moon.
The 1,000th Boeing Minuteman missile is installed in its silo, and Minuteman III is in production.
McDonnell and Douglas companies merge to form the new McDonnell Douglas Corp., with headquarters
in St. Louis, Mo. James S. McDonnell is chairman and chief executive officer and David S. Lewis is president.
Donald W. Douglas is named honorary chairman of the board and serves as “Founder-Consultant.” Donald W.
Douglas Jr. is corporate vice president for administration.
James S. McDonnell receives the Collier Trophy for the development of the F-4 Phantom aircraft and
Gemini space vehicles.
North American Aviation merges with Rockwell Standard Corp. and becomes North American
Rockwell Corp.
First unmanned Saturn V is launched from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., sending Apollo 4 into Earth orbit
to test the spacecraft’s re-entry module. The Saturn V and the Apollo modules were built by the combined
resources of Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and North American.
Boeing history chronology
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