In the early days, Boeing only made wooden planes. Boeing 247, built in 1932, is an all-metal twin-engine passenger plane with a weight of 10 ton and a seat of 10. At this time, Douglas also made 14 DC- 1 and 2/kloc-0 DC-3. Boeing lost to Douglas in this competition. During World War II, Boeing produced two large bombers, B 17 and B29, which developed rapidly. After that, Boeing mainly manufactured various types of jet bombers and produced civil airliners at the same time; In addition, it is also engaged in the manufacture of rockets and space launchers. Since the 1960s, the civil aircraft manufacturing industry has developed rapidly, accounting for more than 70% of the total business. At present, for every 10 aircraft sold, 9 are sold to civil airlines, and only 1 aircraft is sold to government military. From 1965 to 1980, * * sold 962 Boeing 707 aircraft, 1807 727 aircraft, 950 737 aircraft and 572 747 aircraft. At present, it mainly produces 747SP wide-body jets. This company not only manufactures Boeing 747, but also officially produces Boeing 767. This latest model of aircraft has a small fuselage, two jet engines and 200 seats, and is used for domestic short-haul routes. The first 767 aircraft was delivered on August 4th, 198 1. At present, there are about 90 countries and 180 airlines in the world using Boeing aircraft, and about 700,000 passengers worldwide take Boeing aircraft every year. The company's turnover in 198 1 is as high as 9.79 billion dollars.
When Boeing was founded, there were only 2 1 employees, and now it has more than 654.38+10,000 employees. More than 80,000 of them are in Seattle, so Seattle is also called "Boeing City".