A History of Boeing Renton
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Michael Lombardi Corporate Historian September 2012
Before Boeing Site Prior to Construction - September 1941
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History of the Boeing Renton Site
The founding of the Renton Site: The Death of the Lone Ranger and the Kansas City Connection
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Ground Breaking and Construction Ground Breaking by the Austin Company – Sept. 2, 1941 Boeing employees move in – April 1, 1942
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The Boeing XPPB-1 Sea Ranger “The Lone Ranger”
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The Kansas City Connection: North American Aviation PBJ Mitchell bombers
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Renton gets an Airfield
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Renton gets an Airfield
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Completed Renton Site Air Force Plant 20
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the Arsenal of Democracy:
Building the B-29 Superfortress
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The First production airplane to fly from Renton December 30, 1943
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B-29 Production
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B-29 Final Assembly Renton 4-20 building 1,119 built at Renton Peak production: 160 built in July 1945
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B-29 Assembly Boeing Rosie the Riveters in the 4-21
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The Superfortress Factory
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V-E Day at Renton – May 8, 1945
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After the War
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After the War Storage of 89 US Navy Flying Boats for NAS Sand Point
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After the War – the Circus comes to Boeing
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C/KC-97 C-97A First Flight, June, 16, 1949
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Birthplace of Flying Boom Tankers: 1950 -1951 116 B-29s converted to KB-29Ps on the assembly line at Renton.
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TB-50H Production 24 built between September 1952 and March 1953 Fastest Boeing piston bomber - top speed of 418MPH
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World’s First Tanker Production Line – KC-97 888 Built
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C/KC-97 World’s First Production Tanker
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Birthplace of the Jet Age
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The Dash 80 and the Birth of Jet Transports
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KC-135 Stratotanker: The World’s First Successful Jet Transport Rollout – July 18, 1956
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First Flight – Aug. 31, 1956
KC-135: World’s first Jet Tanker Production Line
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KC-135: Last Delivery January 12, 1965
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820 built
The 707: The World’s First Successful Commercial Jet
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The 707: The World’s First Successful Commercial Jet
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The 707: The World’s First Successful Commercial Jet
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The 707: The World’s First Successful Commercial Jet
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The 707: The World’s First Successful Commercial Jet
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720 and Other Unique Birds
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The Last 707 French Air Force E-3F rollout – March 1991
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The 727
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727
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727 Rollout – November 27, 1962
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727
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727
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The Last 727 Leaves Renton - 1984 Last delivery – Sept. 18, 1984
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1,832 built
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Mass expansion
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Renton Expands 1957 - 59 1957 10-50, 51, 52 10-80 10-90
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1959 10-85 10-95
Renton Expands 1962 10-60 10-65
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Boeing buys Plant 20 from USAF
Renton Expands 1966 -1967 4-81, -82
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Renton expands 1966 -1967
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Renton expands 1966 -1967
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Renton Expansion 1966- 1967 Renton site after expansion – July 1969
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First Line in 4-80 727 Moves to 4-81 1966
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A Wide Body in the home of the Single Aisles
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747 at Renton – December 1969
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747 at Renton - December 1969
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1970s and 1980s a time of Reappraisal and Recovery
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The 737 moves to Renton – November 1970 Thompson Site
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Renton
The Boeing Shipyard
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Boeing Shipyard – USS Pegasus Class PHM
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Boeing Shipyard – Boeing Commercial Jetfoil
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757 Rollout, January 13, 1982.
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757 Last Rollout, Oct. 2004
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1,050 Built
Renton Site 1985
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737 Second Generation 737-300 Rollout, January 17, 1984
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737 Second Generation 737-300, -400 & -500
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To the Present
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The Next Generation 737-700NG Rollout, December 8, 1996
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The Next Generation
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Moving to the Lake and Going to the Mall Renton Site prior to “Move to the Lake”
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The P-8, 70 Years in the Making
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The P-8, 70 Years in the Making
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