> When United placed its order for 60 airplanes, it was only natural for Boeing to fill their order before building more for other U.S. airlines. When Transcont

> When United placed its order for 60 airplanes, it was only natural for Boeing to fill their order before building more for other U.S. airlines. When Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) was told their order had to wait, they went to Douglas Aircraft Co. and asked Donald Douglas to build an airplane superior to the Model 247. That evokes something of a bygone era where people just went out and built stuff.