It was built not by engineers and assembly line workers but by shipwrights, woodworkers and seamstresses. The aircraft was built of wood, wire and linen.
They took possession of a large shed on the edge of Union Lake and started to build their first aircraft. Conrad Westervelt, a young naval officer and engineer that was also a keen flyer and following their flight in Marony’s flying-boat, the two men decided to design and build their own seaplane. Having made a study of exactly how the Martin seaplane was built, through his friend Thomas Hamilton, Boeing met G. Whilst flying made a great hobby, Boeing could see the great commercial possibilities in flight, particularly in Washington State with mile after mile of forests, lakes and wilderness. However, he had enjoyed the experience so much, he decided to purchase his own Martin seaplane, as living in an area with many huge lakes and few airfields this was a more practical proposition than a conventional land-based aircraft. In 1914, at the age of 34, Boeing himself learned to fly and acquired his pilot’s licence, but was not happy with the training plane on which he received his flying lessons. On 4 July 1914, aviation pioneer, Terah Marony, who was visiting Seattle, allowed Boeing aboard his Curtiss flying-boat. From 1908, Boeing was based in Seattle, running a successful business which permitted him to take an interest in flying, along with his friend Thomas F Hamilton, who was the first man to fly a plane in Seattle. Boeing was educated both in the United States and abroad, but in 1903, just one year short of graduating from Yale University, he moved to Washington State, where he purchased some forestry land, setting himself up in the timber business.
William Edward Boeing was born on 1 October 1881 in Detroit, to a German immigrant family involved in the timber trade.
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