Another piece of trivia.   The B-52 bomber, conceived of and built in the 1950’s by Boeing as the biggest bomber ever in the US Air Force, has 8 engines producing a total max thrust of 136,000lbs.  The Boeing 777-300ER has 2 engines producing 230,000lbs of thrust or about twice as much as the B-52.   One GE90-115 engine on the 777 can move enough air to fill the New Orleans SuperDome in just 1 minute and its outer diameter is roughly the same size as that of the DC-9 fuselage.

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In the late 1920’s, a small airline named Pacific Air Transport decided to sell itself to another airline.  One advisor talked them into selling to Boeing Air Transport.  The Boeing Aircraft Company owned its own airline at the time (Boeing Air Transport) which later became a little enterprise named United Airlines.  When Bill Boeing agreed to buy Pacific Air Transport, he did the right thing in buying *all* the stock as opposed to just buying a controlling interest and forcing the sale.  The last 2 shares purchased were owned by an Oregon prostitute who asked for and got over $550 / share for them. 

Here is a photo of the first Boeing Air Transport airplane model:  Click Here.

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