Allied Air history

In 1933 automobile giant General Motors (GM) acquired a 30 percent stake in North American Aviation through its subsidiary General Aviation Corporation, which also owned Fokker Aircraft.

In 1934, under new United States antitrust legislation (the Air Mail Act of 1934), aircraft manufacture was required to be divorced from air transport, and a newly incorporated Boeing Airplane Company became one of the three companies to emerge from the dissolution of United Aircraft and Transport.

The twin-engine DC-3, first flown in 1935, became the model for future commercial aircraft through its unprecedented level of comfort, reliability, high speed, and, above all, low maintenance cost.

McDonnell Aircraft was founded in 1939 by the American aeronautical engineer James Smith McDonnell.

In June 1941, the United States Army Air Corps was redesignated the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and submitted a blueprint for the defeat of the Axis powers should the United States be drawn into the war.

Ira C. Eaker, joined the RAF Bomber Command in England in the summer of 1942.

On August 17, 1943, the Eighth Air Force launched its deepest raid against the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt and aircraft production factories at Regensburg.

Major General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle replaced Eaker as the Eighth Air Force commander on January 6, 1944.

After World War II, North American’s aircraft division developed the F-86 Sabre (first flown in 1949), the first American swept-wing jet fighter, and the F-100 Super Sabre, the first American production fighter to fly at supersonic speeds for sustained periods.

From its first fueling contract in 1951 at Washington National Airport (DCA) in the United States to its present status as one of the industry leaders in commercial aviation fueling, Allied has maintained the same high standards of excellence in quality, efficiency and safety.

In 1953, Allied was selected as the project manager for the design, financing, construction, maintenance and operation of the first hydrant system in the United States at the Greater Southwest Airport (Amon Carter Field) in Fort Worth, Texas.

In 1960 Boeing purchased Vertol Corporation, then the world’s largest independent manufacturer of helicopters.

Formerly Boeing Airplane Company, the firm assumed its current name in 1961 to reflect its expansion into fields beyond aircraft manufacture.

In 1965 Douglas first flew its twin-engine DC-9 short-haul commercial jetliner, which became the company’s most successful transport since the DC-3.

McDonnell Douglas was formed in 1967 through the merger of Douglas Aircraft Company with McDonnell Aircraft Corporation.

In 1972 it began development of the space shuttle for NASA, eventually building five operational orbiters.

In 1976 it entered the upper-stage-rocket arena when it was selected to develop the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), a two-stage payload delivery vehicle that can be taken into space by either a space shuttle or a launcher such as the Titan.

Rockwell International’s last airplane was the supersonic, variable-wing B-1B Lancer bomber (first flown in 1984), but it remained a major subcontractor to the commercial aerospace sector.

The first flight took place in 1994.

Rockwell International sold its aerospace and defense units to Boeing in 1996 to focus on its operations in industrial automation, avionics and communications, and electronic commerce.

Allied Air is a Nigerian airline that was established in 1998.

In 2000 Boeing acquired the satellite business of Hughes Electronics.

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