Quotes from Boeing, courtesy of Jay Sata:
"With support from Boeing [NYSE: BA], pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor has taken off on a 7,000-mile (11,000-kilometer) solo journey, in a reconditioned Boeing Stearman open-cockpit biplane, to retrace Lady Mary Heath’s historic 1928 flight between South Africa and the United Kingdom...
"...“We hope this journey inspires people along the route to learn more about the remarkable history of aviation and the role Boeing has played in the past, as well as the important role we play in African aviation today,” said Boeing Military Aircraft President Chris Chadwick."
There is indeed an implication, presumably aimed at potential third-world customers, that Boeing was heavily involved in pioneering flights in the late-1920s and 1930s between Africa and Europe. It does Boeing no credit that the statements make no mention of Avro's and de Havilland's role. (This attitude is not unprecedented, of course. I doubt that Boeing offers any credit to de Havilland for pioneering jet air-travel years before the 707.)
One wonders how much the present bosses of the company - tucked away in Chicago - are in touch with aviation history. Given any sales opportunity, they would probably rename even the DC-2 and DC-3 with Boeing monikers That's not to disrespect the many fine airplanes that bear the Boeing name, not least the Stearman.