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The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
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The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight

Author(s): David Williams
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  • The Boeing family gave author David Williams unrestricted access to the Boeing Family archives

  • This treasure trove of primary sources allowed Williams to create an extraordinary vivid and accurate portrait of this influential yet private man

  • Boeing’s story is an exciting one: full of bootleggers, kidnappers and shady politicians

  • William Boeing did much more than build airplanes; he was a logger, miner, cattle rancher and philanthropist

  • Beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished images from the Boeing family archives

The William E. Boeing Story – A Gift of Flight is the first ever full-length biography of William E. Boeing, the father of commercial aviation.

Boeing’s story is an exciting one complete with bootleggers, kidnappers and a disastrous run in with President Franklin Roosevelt and future Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black.

Boeing’s story covers every aspect of early aviation starting with his first ride in a balloon in 1896 to the christening of the revolutionary jet powered Dash-80/707 in 1955. Along the way, Boeing developed some of the world’s most iconic airplanes including the P-26 Peashooter, the Boeing 247, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the mighty B-29 Superfortress.

The Boeing family gave author David D. Williams unprecedented access to the Boeing Family Archives, which contained thousands of never-before-seen photos, diaries and personal letters.

This treasure trove of primary sources allowed Williams to create an extraordinary vivid and accurate portrait of this influential yet private man.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
David Williams is the executive director of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum and has been involved in hydroplane racing his whole life. Through his work with the museum, he has restored over a dozen of the world’s most famous race boats and has become one of the foremost authorities on hydroplanes. He has been driving race boats for over forty years. Williams was the race boat coordinator and primary stunt driver for the MGM film, Madison. He began writing about racing in 2000 and A Race to Freedom: The Mira Slovak Story is his ninth book on the sport.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781625451163
Publisher: America Through Time / Fonthill America
Date: 11/28/2022
State: Washington
Binding: Hardback with dust jacket
Pages: 304
Images: 61 colour photographs
Dimensions: 6.5 (w) x 9.25 (h)
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