Air & Spacecraft

Boeing 100/P-12/F4B

In 1928, Boeing developed the first in a family of fighters that would be one of their most successful designs between wars.

Boeing 247D

The Boeing 247 is considered to be the first modern airliner. Its sleek, low-wing, all-metal, retractable-gear, twin-engine design marked the...

Boeing 727-100

One of the world's classic airliners, the Boeing 727 was built to carry on the successful legacy of its forerunner, the 707. With a low-altitude,...

Boeing 737-130

The 737 is the smallest and most popular jetliner in the Boeing family. Dependable and economical, the 737 series has a reputation as a workhorse and...

Boeing 747-121

The growing worldwide demand for air travel during the 1960s led to the development of the 747, the first "Jumbo Jet."

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

This particular 787, ZA003, was the third Dreamliner built. It first flew on March 14, 2010. In addition to its role in the flight test and certification program

Boeing 80A-1

Until the mid-1920s, American commercial airplanes were built for mail, not people. Boeing's Model 80, along with the Ford and Fokker tri-Motors, were a new breed of passenger aircraft.

Boeing B&W Replica

The B&W was the first airplane designed and built by Boeing. On June 15, 1916, Mr. Boeing himself took the B&W aloft for the first time.

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

The iconic Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress served the Allied cause around the globe during World War II. Perhaps most famous as the workhorse of the...

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The B-29 Superfortress revolutionized World War II-era bombers, enabling long-range missions over Japan.

Boeing B-52G Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 was developed as a strategic long-range bomber. Originally designed to deliver nuclear weapons from high altitude, it has...

Boeing CH-47D Chinook "My Old Lady"

The CH-47 Chinook is a descendent of the banana-shaped Piasecki helicopter designs of the 1940s and 1950s, such as the H-21. Frank Piasecki’s...

Boeing Inertial Upper Stage Mock-up

The Boeing-developed Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) was an autonomous, upper-stage booster rocket. It could be launched from Titan IV expendable launch...

Boeing Lunar Roving Vehicle Engineering Mock-up

Boeing began work on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in 1969 in support of NASA's planned Apollo "J" lunar-landing missions. These missions used...

Boeing Model 40B Reproduction

In 1925, Boeing built its first Model 40 in response to a U.S. Post Office competition for a design to replace war surplus de Havilland DH-4s. The...

Boeing VC-137B "Air Force One"

The first presidential jet plane, a specially built Boeing 707-120, is known as SAM (Special Air Missions) 970.

Boeing WB-47E Stratojet

The B-47 Stratojet is one of the most important aircraft ever designed by The Boeing Company. It was the world's first large swept-wing aircraft,...