| Term | Definition |
| profit/assets | return on investment |
| profit/revenue | profit margin |
| assets/liabilities | current ratio |
| tort | wrongful act to which a civil action can be brought for damages |
| taking | owner is prevented from rightful use of his land |
| warsaw 1929 | liability convention |
| paris 1919 | airspace above territory convention |
| 1916 | Boeing company founded (date) |
| seattle | Boeing company founded (location) |
| b&w | first boeing seaplane |
| 1916 | year b&w built |
| pacific aero products company | Boeing's first name |
| 50 model c | big boeing order (product) |
| navy | big boeing order (buyer) |
| 1969 | 747 maiden flight |
| 1997 | boeing and MD joined |
| 50 | avg seats on a commuter airplane |
| hubs | deregulation started ______ |
| 1980 | transatlantic flights quadrupled |
| 1939 | McDonnell Aircraft Corporation founded (date) |
| St. Louis | McDonnell Aircraft Corporation founded (location) |
| dc-3 | 1st all metal airplane |
| 1933 | dc-3 first built |
| 1920 | Douglas Commercial founded (date) |
| LA | Douglas Commercial founded (location) |
| 1967 | McDonnell and Douglas joined |
| 17 | additional seats on new models |
| twa | constellation signature of ______ |
| 1954 | 707 first tested |