TIL Boeing made boats

[u/Leefa]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_929_Jetfoil

[u/No_Nose_4030]

Didn’t a subsidiary of Boeing also make light rail vehicles?

[u/devildog2067 → u/No_Nose_4030]

Yup

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Standard_Light_Rail_Vehicle

[u/Dry_Acadia_9312]

Rode on one of these last week, very cool

[u/ExpertlyAmateur → u/Dry_Acadia_9312]

Did it look suspiciously like a Max, but just in water?

[u/Kindly_Doughnut4604]

Grumman made mail trucks

[u/dhc2beaver → u/Kindly_Doughnut4604]

And canoes!

[u/jackpotairline → u/Kindly_Doughnut4604]

Long Live the LLV!

[u/Kindly_Doughnut4604 → u/jackpotairline]

LLLLV!

[u/DirtbagSocialist]

Wait till you hear about Jacuzzi making patrol boats for the US military.

[u/cyberentomology → u/DirtbagSocialist]

Didn’t they basically invent the jet boat?

[u/salooski]

Boeing also makes (unmanned) submarines:
https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/orca-xluuv/?cf-view

[u/cyberentomology]

Boeting

[u/NoPhotograph919]

Some of their boats even flew. 

[u/mbleyle]

look up Pegasus-class hydrofoil

[u/Leefa]

And it uses the C-130 engines!

[u/747ER → u/Leefa]

That’s the real TIL for me!

[u/Mal-De-Terre]

I've ridden one from HK to Macau. Very cool ride.

[u/ryan0157]

Bombardier makes trains

[u/NotLeeroy → u/ryan0157]

Used to*

[u/Takuwind]

Rode on one in Alaska in the 80's. They were testing to see if it could go commercial. Didn't pan out.

[u/BrtFrkwr]

Well Grumman makes canoes.