BOEING, GIANT OF AERONAUTICS

Today, Boeing has become the leading American aircraft manufacturer, and even the largest in the world. For the average person, the name Boeing has long been part of everyday language. It has become synonymous with jet airliners. However, this fame was not built in a day. To get there, the men who succeeded one another at the head of the Seattle-based company had to overcome challenges, some of which were to last until the company's existence. From the origins to the present day, this book traces the history of this great manufacturer. Illustrated with nearly 600 photographs and enhanced with numerous off-text and appendices, it provides a complete overview of the Boeing Company's creations in the aeronautics and astronautics fields. The author: Alain Pelletier is a renowned aviation historian, aeronautical engineer and journalist by training. He is the author of several hundred articles published in the French and Anglo-Saxon specialized press as well as about twenty books, some of which are references. He has already published ETAI's Histoire mondiale des avions de ligne and Les aigles des mers.