Boeing v. Yoyodyne (was Re: "Togetherness" )

[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy Dave

I haven't the gumption to look into this myself, so I'll as the expert:

How did Boing start out? Is there any similarity with the "toy
gyroscope to missile guidance system" sequence P describes, and how
does the founder, whoever that might be, map on to Clayton "Bloody"
Chiclitz?

Mark

> And, further ...
> 
>    "Boeing is called Yoyodyne Inc., in Pynchon's
> novels. (A play on the rocket engineering company
> Rocketdyne who developed the F-1 engine for the Saturn
> V, which Boeing was also a contractor.) Described as
> an east coast company with so many defense contracts
> it didn't know what to do with them."
> 
>
http://web.archive.org/web/20010418175219/pynchonfiles.com/Boeingpage3.htm



		
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