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Timeline of Events

1916

7.15.1916

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).

1947

12.17.1947

First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

1965

5.20.1965

PIA Flight 705, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720 – 040 B, crashes while descending to land at Cairo International Airport, killing 119 of the 125 passengers and crew.

1966

1.24.1966

An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117.

1971

7.30.1971

An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162.

1975

9.30.1975

The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.

1977

11.19.1977

Transportes Aéreos Portugueses Boeing 727 crashes in Madeira Islands, killing 130.

2005

11.15.2005

Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.

2007

7.8.2007

Boeing unveiled its first 787 in a roll-out ceremony at its Everett assembly factory.

2009

12.15.2009

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington.