Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - Page updated at 01:09 PM
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Timeline: How Boeing's commercial aircraft have evolved
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, the first mostly composite airliner, is the culmination of nine decades of technological innovation and experimentation in commercial aircraft.
To view the timeline and move through different eras in commercial aviation, use the scroll bar at bottom.
To learn more about specific planes, hover over the red dots. For historical and industry context, hover over the gray labels at bottom.
GRAPHIC AND RESEARCH BY MARK NOWLIN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Sources: The Boeing Company; "Boeing Aircraft Since 1916" by Peter M. Bowers, Aero Publishers, 1966; Michael Lombardi, Corporate Historian, The Boeing Company; www.museumofflight.org; www.open-site.org/Science/Aerospace/History/; www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/engines.html; www.historylearningsite.co.uk/messerschmitt_262.html; www.neam.co.uk/meteor.html; www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/jetliner/comet/index.shtml.