There are many companies out there who build aircraft. Some are named after their founder, but not all. Can you explain name the person behind each of them, if any ?

1- Boeing; 2 – Airbus; 3 – Embraer; 4 – Fokker; 5 – De Havilland; 6- Piper; 7 – Cessna; 8 – Learjet; 9 – Beechcraft; 10 – Mooney; 11 – Dornier; 12 – Saab; 13 – Pilatus; 14 – Tupolev; 15 – MiG; 16 – Sukhoi; 17 – Dassault (Falcon);

You have seventeen seconds of reflexion before reading the answers below.

1- Boeing : William E. Boeing
2 – Airbus : No
3 – Embraer : No, EMpresa BRasileire de AERonautica S.A
4 – Fokker: Anthony Fokker
5 – De Havilland: Geoffrey de Havilland
6 – Piper: William T. Piper
7 – Cessna: Clyde Cessna
8 – Learjet: William Powell Lear Jr
9 – Beechcraft: Walter H. Beech
10 – Mooney: Albert and Arthur Mooney
11 – Dornier: Claude Honoré Désiré Dornier
12 – Saab: No person name, Svenska Aeroplan AB
13 – Pilatus: No person name, that’s a mountain
14 – Tupolev: Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev
15 – MiG: Mikoyan and Gurevich
16 – Sukhoi: Pavel Sukhoi
17 – Dassault (Falcon): Marcel Dassault

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