boeing By kylecw 1916 the B&W was created, a single engine, two-seat seaplane Jul 17, 1916 boeing was created when the company 1925 the model 40 flies for the first time 1933 model 247, first passenger plane, flies 1933 the first kaydet trainer aircraft is delivered to the military 1935 the model 299 flies 1938 model 307 is first pressurized passenger airliner 1945 b-29's drop bombs on nagasaki and hiroshima 1952 the b-52 makes its first flight 1954 the boeing 367 flies (the jet age begins) 1961 construction for the first stage of the saturn V booster begins 1963 the 727 makes its first flight 1967 the 737 makes its first flight 1969 the 747, the first jumbo jet, makes its first flight 1971 astronauts use the boeing-built lunar rover on the moon 1978 the 757 and 767 begin production 1980 boeing begins studying an ISS concept 1989 B-2 stealth bomber makes first flight 1995 boeing 777 enters service 1997 boeing merges with mcdonnell douglas 2009 the first flight of the 787 dreamliner 2020 the boeing 777x is expected to arrive