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History

The Early Years: 1927-1938

Boeing Airplane Co.

  • Expanding Horizons
  • Airplanes and Airlines
  • Metal Monomail
  • Facing Competition
  • Breaking Up
  • Building Bigger

Douglas Aircraft Co.

  • In Clover Field
  • Favored by Airlines
  • Leading with the DC-3

McDonnell Aircraft Corp.

  • Fledgling Founders
  • Ready for a Fighter

North American Aviation

  • Its Beginnings
  • Moving to California

Hughes Aircraft Co.

  • First Flights