Bill Boeing Jr., son of the founder of The Boeing Aircraft Company, has passes away at the age of 92.
He never worked for his father's old firm...Boeing S.r sold his interests in it during the 30s...but was a successful businessman and contributor to the Seattle Museum of Flight and local charities including the Seattle Children's Hospital. .
http://seattletimes.com/html/businesste ... jrxml.html A friend knew Mr. Boeing who told him (as related in the newspaper article) that his first flight was in a Boeing Model 40, Boeing's first airliner (actually a "stretched" mail plane).