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Boeing (The Boeing company) is one the world-wide largest manufacturer of civilian and military airplanes and helicopters as well as of military and space technology.

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History

Already 1915 began engineer William Edward Boeing, Sohn of the German emigrant William in Seattle (US Federal State Washington) the work on a first "B&W ", together with its colleague George Conrad Westervelt. When this gave the cooperation up at the project, Boeing finished the first two B&Ws without its assistance. The foundation of a firm took place 1916 as Pacific aero Products company. 1917 were already renamed the enterprise in Boeing airplanes company. William Boeing had studied afterwards at the university Yale and first in the wood working industry had worked, where he acquired knowledge of wood structures, which would be useful him for its later activity in the aircraft construction. 1934 had become already very large its enterprise. Due to the legislation after the depression, to that-according to the large companies into smaller units to divide itself had, separated William Boeing from its company completely.

In the two world wars the aircraft manufacturer developed soon to one of the largest manufacturers of utilizable airplanes, bombers and military combat and monitoring airplanes. 1997 took over Boeing, which had in the meantime also many passenger airlines in the offer and likewise within the range space travel (space shuttle technology and building of satellites) to a world enterprise developed, the aircraft manufacturer McDonnell Douglas and the Aerospace unit of Rockwell International (Boeing North American).

In March 2001 Boeing communicated to give up and change to another location its company headquarters in Seattle. In the discussion were among other things Chicago, Denver or Dallas, whereby in the long run Chicago made a running. The production of airplanes remained untouched of it.

Of Boeing crisis

In the last years the company had to accept some setbacks. By the crisis in air traffic and the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 in the USA no airline was ready, which fast to order but relatively uneconomic Sonic Cruiser. The competitor airbus won beyond that ever more market share. In addition it came that the company lost a large order at Lockheed Martin. The military aircraft X-32 developed by Boeing was rejected from US air Force. In addition NASA Boeing Schlamperei accused because of the Columbia misfortune.

Boeing booked in the financial year 2002 a conversion of 54.069 billion US Dollar with a profit of 0.492 billion dollar. 2002 produced Boeing of 381 airplanes, lie however no longer before airbus. World-wide Boeing employs approximately 160,000 coworkers in more than 70 countries.

2003 communicated the enterprise to adjust the 757-Produktion at the end of of 2004 - since the terrorist attacks 2001 only 9 airplanes of this kind became ordered. Also the 767, in transatlantic air traffic in the last 20 years dominating been, from threatens because of demand lacking.

With the 787, the Dreamliner in such a way specified, Boeing tries, to gain on the 250-Sitzer-Markt again a foothold. The Model is to replace with it the 757 and 767.

2005 communicated the enterprise to adjust also the 717-Produktion at the end of of 2006 as reason demand likewise lacking are indicated.

Recently Boeing explains the Point-to-Point, contrary to the stroke concept, as the air traffic model of the future. Therefore in the future smaller airplanes with large range were necessary.

See Web log Boeing of sales sale Randy Baseler

Present Passagier-Flugzeuge

Boeing 737 NG -600x, -700x, -800x, -900x (abbreviations: 736, 737, 738, 739)
Boeing 747 ("jumbo jet ") -400, -400ER, -400F, -400ERF (abbreviation: 744)
Boeing 767 -200, -300ER, -400ER (abbreviations: 762, 763, 764)
Boeing 777 -200ER, -300, -300ER, -200LR (Wordliner) (abbreviations: 772, 773)
Boeing BBJ - BBJ, - BBJ 2, - BBJ 3

Planned civil aircraft

Boeing 7J7 (end of the 1980er of planned 727-Nachfolger, project adjusted)
Boeing Sonic Cruiser (in the middle of the 1990er planned airplane, scarcely project should fly adjusted under the sound border,)
Boeing 787 -3, -8, -9, -10 ("Dreamliner "; Orders until March 2006:386)
Boeing 747-8 (modernized and stretched version of the 747-400)
Boeing 777 -200F (freight version)

Run out Passagier-Flugzeuge

Boeing 247
Boeing B-307 Stratoliner
Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser
Boeing 707
Boeing 720
Boeing 727
Boeing 757
Boeing 717 (develops from McDonnell Douglas as MD-95; Production end of 05/2006)

Military airplanes

Beside weapon systems, rockets, helicopters (among other things AH-64 Apache, RAH-66 Comanche) as well as monitoring and training course airplanes Boeing combat aircraft, fighters and bomber as well as tank and transport aircrafts produces.