Boeing history chronology

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1918 April: The Boeing Airplane Co. starts delivering the Model C trainers to the Navy. The last will be delivered in November.
May 14:
June 29:
Aug. 15:
Nov. 11:
William Boeing calls company vice president Edgar Gott from San Diego, Calif., and tells him to get the factory ready
to build the HS-2L, a Curtiss-designed patrol flying boat.
The Boeing Airplane Co. signs a contract with the Navy for $116,000 to build 50 HS-2Ls.
The Martin MB-1 bomber, designed by Donald Douglas working with Martin factory manager Larry Bell and chief
draftsman Dutch Kindelberger, makes its first flight. It is the first U.S.-designed and -built bomber to enter production.
World War I ends, and the Boeing Airplane Co.’s HS-2L contract is cut in half.
1919 Jan. 25: Boeing Airplane Co. pilot George Bolt sets a New Zealand altitude record of 6,500 feet flying the Boeing B & W.
Three months later, Bolt will set a one-day distance record in the same seaplane, flying 306 miles in 4 hours,
39 minutes.
Feb. 15:
The Boeing Airplane Co. appoints George Pocock foreman of experimental construction in the pontoon department.
Pocock later becomes famous for the racing shells he builds for the University of Washington.
March 3: William Boeing and pilot Eddie Hubbard fly 60 letters from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Seattle in Boeing’s C-700
as part of the Canadian Exposition. This is the first international airmail to reach the United States.
November:
Dec. 27:
The Boeing Airplane Co. starts modernizing 50 de Havilland DH-4 fighters by moving the fuel tank to lower the
risk of fire. Between 1919 and 1924, Boeing rebuilds 298 de Havillands.
The Boeing Airplane Co. B-1 mail plane, the first Boeing-designed commercial aircraft, makes its first flight.
Boeing history chronology
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