On August 7th, 1955, hydroplanes blasted through the waters of Lake Washington for the annual Seafair Cup races. Thousands of fans from across the Evergreen State gathered to watch, including a ...

A: We would have to solve the economic challenges of such an airplane. We have the technology, as proven by Concorde, but the economics make it unfeasible at the current time. I do believe we will ...

It was a promotional stunt that in today’s dollars used a $144 million investment by Boeing. And it was done without the knowledge of Bill Allen, then president of the company, who was watching. And ...

Boeing's buttoned-down CEO William Allen rolled the dice in the mid-1950s, betting the company on a future of passenger jet travel, and investing $20 million on a plane that would be the prototype for ...