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William E. Boeing
(1 Oct 1881 - 28 Sep 1956)
American aviation pioneer who founded the Boeing Airplane Company. In 1934, Boeing sold his stock in the company, and pursued other interests, including timber, racehorses, and real estate. He volunteered as a consultant to the company during WW II.
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Science Quotes by William E. Boeing (2 quotes)
I’ve tried to make the men around me feel as I do, that we are embarked as pioneers upon a new science and industry in which our problems are so new and unusual that it behooves no one to dismiss any novel idea with the statement, “It can’t be done.”
— William E. Boeing
Start of Boeing’s quote, inscribed on his memorial at the Boeing Developmental Center, Tukwila, WA, as given in Mike Lombardi, 'Historical Perspective: 50 years at the Leading Edge', Boeing Frontiers (Aug 2009), 8.
Our job is to keep everlastingly at research and experiment, to adapt our laboratories to production as soon as practicable, to let no new improvement in flying and flying equipment pass us by.
— William E. Boeing
End of Boeing’s quote, inscribed on his memorial at the Boeing Developmental Center, Tukwila, WA, as given in Mike Lombardi, 'Historical Perspective: 50 years at the Leading Edge', Boeing Frontiers (Aug 2009), 9.
See also:
- 1 Oct - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Boeing's birth.
- The Story of the Boeing Company, by Bill Yenne. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Boeing.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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