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  1. William Edward Boeing Jr. (November 22, 1922 – January 8, 2015) was an American real estate developer [1] and philanthropist who was the son of aviation pioneer William E. Boeing, founder of the Boeing Company. [2] In 2010, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented Boeing Jr. with a certificate of achievement for his ...

  2. William E. Boeing Jr. was born in Seattle in 1922 to Bertha and William E. Boeing, founder of the aircraft giant. They lived in the Highlands neighborhood. At the age of 5 he had his first...

  3. Jan 8, 2015 · SEATTLE (AP) — William E. Boeing Jr., a son of aerospace pioneer William Boeing Sr. who championed and remained fascinated by flight throughout his life, has died at age 92. He died Wednesday night at his home in Seattle, said Mike Bush, a spokesman for The Museum of Flight, which Boeing Jr. helped create.

  4. William Edward Boeing (/ ˈ b oʊ ɪ ŋ /; October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956) was an American aviation pioneer. He founded the Pacific Airplane Company in 1916, which was renamed to Boeing a year later.

  5. According to his son, William Boeing, Jr., Boeing was a fast and avid reader and remembered everything he read. He was also a perfectionist. While visiting his airplane building shop at the Duwamish shipyard in 1916, Boeing saw a set of improperly sawed spruce ribs. He brushed them to the floor and walked all over them until they were broken.

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  7. Jan 8, 2015 · SEATTLE (AP) — William E. Boeing Jr., a son of aerospace pioneer William Boeing Sr. who championed and remained fascinated by flight throughout his life, has died at age 92. He died...

  8. Jan 8, 2015 · SEATTLE (AP) — William E. Boeing Jr., the son of aerospace pioneer William Boeing Sr., has died at age 92. Mike Bush, a spokesman for The Museum of Flight in Seattle, says Boeing died Wednesday night at his home in Seattle. The cause was not immediately known. Boeing Jr. did not work at his father's company, but he was nevertheless a champion ...

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