Boeing history chronology

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1997 Jan. 6: Boeing offers 767-400ERX for sale to world’s airlines.
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Dec. 8:
The first Next-Generation Boeing 737, a 737-700, makes its first flight.
A Boeing 777-200 sets a record for flying around the world, eastbound, in 41 hours, 59 minutes.
The Rocketdyne Division of Boeing North American wins the top NASA award for excellence.
The Boeing 737-800 is unveiled outside the Renton, Wash., assembly plant.
John F. McDonnell, son of founder James S. McDonnell, retires, and thus becomes the last chairman
of McDonnell Douglas. He remains a member of The Boeing Company board of directors.
The Boeing Company, along with its North American component, merges with McDonnell Douglas Corp.
Phil Condit continues as Boeing chairman and CEO and Harry Stonecipher, former McDonnell Douglas CEO,
becomes Boeing president and chief operating officer.
The first of 45 Boeing MD 600N helicopters to serve the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
is unveiled at the U.S. Border Patrol’s San Diego, Calif., headquarters.
The first Delta II rocket with the new Boeing decal on its side is launched, carrying a communications satellite.
The Boeing F-22 Raptor makes its first flight. It reaches an altitude of 15,000 feet in less than three minutes.
A replenishment satellite built by Boeing for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) is carried
into orbit aboard the Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle.
Alaska Airlines becomes the launch customer for the Boeing 737-900, ordering 10 and taking options
for 10 more.
A Hughes Space & Communications satellite HS 601 is launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., by an
Atlas IIAS rocket.
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