Boeing – America’s air dream

America, due to its gigantic distances, emerged for the development of air transport. The reliable machines that made the dream of flying come true were delivered to the land of the Yankees by the son of a lumber merchant from Germany.

The Museum of Flying is one of the biggest attractions of Seattle, the main metropolis of the American Pacific Northwest. The northwest corner of the US is bordered by Canada on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other. In fact, it is a museum of the Boeing aviation company, although the creators of this facility chose a more modest name: the Museum of Flying.

It was Boeing that made Seattle famous throughout America and for decades was the largest employer in the entire state of Washington, where the “Jetcity” factory complex is located. This nickname was and still is proudly repeated by many Seattleites. And this large museum on the southern edge of the city tells the story of the aviation adventure associated with the name William Edward Boeing.

Stubborn self-taught

History’s chuckle can be found in the little-known fact that William E. Boeing (1881–1956), whose name was given to the bombers who reduced the cities of the Third Reich to dust, was of German descent.

Source: Do Rzeczy

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