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* American Aviation Directory: Aviation Officials and Companies, United States, Canada, Latin America, Africa, Europe and Australasia[http://books.google.com/books?id=miHVkWHfaLwC] | * American Aviation Directory: Aviation Officials and Companies, United States, Canada, Latin America, Africa, Europe and Australasia[http://books.google.com/books?id=miHVkWHfaLwC] | ||
* [http://www.aia-aerospace.org/research-center/history Aircraft Year Book – Aerospace Industries Corporation] | * [http://www.aia-aerospace.org/research-center/history Aircraft Year Book – Aerospace Industries Corporation] | ||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20240912022520/http://worldairforces.com/Companies/USAMajor.Web%20files/USA_Major.html World Air Forces – USA Major Aircraft Manufactures] | |||
* [http://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aerocommissionfinalreport.pdf#page=134 Final Report of the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry – NASA] | |||
== Academic Papers == | == Academic Papers == | ||
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|colspan=1 rowspan=7 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Bendix Corporation<br />''Honeywell'' | |colspan=1 rowspan=7 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Bendix Corporation<br />''Honeywell'' | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Eclipse Machine Company<br />'' | |colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Eclipse Machine Company<br />''Electric Auto-Lite Company'' (from 1883) | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Stromberg Carburetor Company of America<br />''Hayden, Stone & Company'' | |colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Stromberg Carburetor Company of America<br />''Hayden, Stone & Company'' | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Scintilla Magneto Corporation | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Delco Aviation Corporation<br />''General Motors Corporation'' | |colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Delco Aviation Corporation<br />''General Motors Corporation'' | ||
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|colspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Airplane Development Corporation | |colspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Airplane Development Corporation | ||
|colspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Airplane Development Corporation<br />'' | |colspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Airplane Development Corporation<br />''Aviation Manufacturing Corporation'' | ||
|colspan=3 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vultee Aircraft Division<br />''AVCO'' | |colspan=3 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vultee Aircraft Division<br />''AVCO'' | ||
|colspan=3 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vultee Aircraft | |colspan=3 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vultee Aircraft | ||
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|colspan=7 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vertol | |colspan=7 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vertol | ||
|colspan=27 style="background-color:#b6d1ed" | Boeing Vertol | |colspan=27 style="background-color:#b6d1ed" | Boeing Vertol | ||
|colspan=13 style="background-color:#b6d1ed" | |colspan=13 style="background-color:#b6d1ed" | Boeing Helicopter Division | ||
|- style="text-align:left" | |- style="text-align:left" | ||
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|colspan=23 rowspan=7 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Bendix Corporation | |colspan=23 rowspan=7 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Bendix Corporation | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Eclipse Machine Company<br />'' | |colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Eclipse Machine Company<br />''Electric Auto-Lite Company'' (from 1883) | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Stromberg Carburetor Company of America<br />''Hayden, Stone & Company'' | |colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Stromberg Carburetor Company of America<br />''Hayden, Stone & Company'' | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Scintilla Magneto Corporation | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Delco Aviation Corporation<br />''General Motors Corporation'' | |colspan=19 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Delco Aviation Corporation<br />''General Motors Corporation'' | ||
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|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=49 | | |colspan=49 | | ||
|colspan=24 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=24 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | King Radio | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=84 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Lycoming Engines<sup>5</sup> | |colspan=84 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Lycoming Engines<sup>5</sup> | ||
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# Honeywell purchased by AlliedSignal, but Honeywell identity adopted by resulting company | # Honeywell purchased by AlliedSignal, but Honeywell identity adopted by resulting company | ||
# Only Sperry Aerospace Group purchased by Honeywell, other divisions sold separately | # Only Sperry Aerospace Group purchased by Honeywell, other divisions sold separately | ||
# Included | # Included Normalair-Garrett Limited from 1966 | ||
# Included the Amphenol Corporation from 1967 to 1982 | # Included the Amphenol Corporation from 1967 to 1982 | ||
# Only Turbine Engine Division purchased by Honeywell, other divisions retained by | # Only Turbine Engine Division purchased by Honeywell, other divisions retained by Lycoming | ||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
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|colspan=9 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=9 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | American Aviation Corporation | ||
|colspan=4 style="background-color:#e6b7b7" | Grumman American Aviation Corporation<br />''Grumman Aerospace Corporation'' | |colspan=4 style="background-color:#e6b7b7" | Grumman American Aviation Corporation<br />''Grumman Aerospace Corporation'' | ||
|colspan=4 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=4 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Gulfstream American | ||
|colspan=1 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=1 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Gulfstream American<sup>1</sup> | ||
|colspan=3 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=3 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation | ||
|colspan=4 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=4 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation<br />''Chrysler'' | ||
|colspan=10 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=10 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation | ||
|colspan=1 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=1 rowspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation<br />''General Dynamics'' | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
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|colspan=1 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=1 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Northrop Aircraft Corporation | ||
|colspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Northrop Aircraft Corporation<br />''United Aircraft and Transport'' | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
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|colspan=20 style="background-color:#e6b7b7" | Pratt & Whitney<br />''United Technologies'' | |colspan=20 style="background-color:#e6b7b7" | Pratt & Whitney<br />''United Technologies'' | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=5 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power<br />''Boeing'' | ||
|colspan=8 style="background-color:#e6b7b7" | Rocketdyne<br />''United Technologies'' | |colspan=8 style="background-color:#e6b7b7" | Rocketdyne<br />''United Technologies'' | ||
|colspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Aerojet Rocketdyne<br />''GenCorp'' | |colspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Aerojet Rocketdyne<br />''GenCorp'' | ||
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|colspan=3 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#b6d1ed" | Vought Missiles and Advanced Programs Division<br />''LTV Aerospace and Defense'' | |colspan=3 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#b6d1ed" | Vought Missiles and Advanced Programs Division<br />''LTV Aerospace and Defense'' | ||
|colspan=7 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#b6d1ed" | LTV Missiles and Electronics Group<br />''LTV Aerospace and Defense'' | |colspan=7 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#b6d1ed" | LTV Missiles and Electronics Group<br />''LTV Aerospace and Defense'' | ||
|colspan=3 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=3 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Loral Vought Systems Corporation | ||
|colspan=4 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Loral Space & Communications | |colspan=4 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Loral Space & Communications | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
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|colspan=3 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vought Aircraft Industries<br />''Carlyle Group'' | |colspan=3 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vought Aircraft Industries<br />''Carlyle Group'' | ||
|colspan=7 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vought Aircraft Industries<br />''Carlyle Group'' | |colspan=7 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vought Aircraft Industries<br />''Carlyle Group'' | ||
|colspan=10 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | |colspan=10 rowspan=2 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Vought Aircraft Division<br />''Triumph Aerostructures'' | ||
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | |- style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | ||
|colspan=3 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Aerostructures Corporation<br />''Carlyle Group'' | |colspan=3 style="background-color:#c0c0c0" | Aerostructures Corporation<br />''Carlyle Group'' | ||
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* Glenn L. Martin Company – 1912-1916 | * Glenn L. Martin Company – 1912-1916 | ||
* Mooney Aircraft Corporation – 1929/1930 or 1931 | * Mooney Aircraft Corporation – 1929/1930 or 1931 | ||
* | * E.M. Laird Aviation Company/E. M. Laird Airplane Company – 1920 & 1923 | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:36, 17 April 2025
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General References
- Open Corporates
- A Chronicle of the Aviation Industry in America, 1903-1947 – HathiTrust
- The Aviation Industry – HathiTrust
- The Aircraft Manufacturing Industry: Present and Future Prospects – HathiTrust
- Climb to Greatness: The American Aircraft Industry, 1920–1960
- Pushing the Envelope: The American Aircraft Industry
- Financial Handbook of the American Aviation Industry, July 1929 – HathiTrust
- American Aviation Directory: Aviation Officials and Companies, United States, Canada, Latin America, Africa, Europe and Australasia[1]
- Aircraft Year Book – Aerospace Industries Corporation
- World Air Forces – USA Major Aircraft Manufactures
- Final Report of the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry – NASA
Academic Papers
- International Bibliography of Business History – Google Books (See pages 141-147)
- American Aircraft Industry: On the Brink – ResearchGate
- Complexity and the Aerospace Industry: Understanding Emergence by Relating Structure to Performance using MultiAgent Systems – Jonathan Gabbai (See page 32)
- Taking Off: The Politics and Culture of American Aviation, 1920-1939 – University of Tennessee
- High Frontier: A History of Aeronautics in Pennsylvania – Internet Archive (Requires borrowing via CDL)
- The History of the American Aircraft Industry: An Anthology – Internet Archive (Requires borrowing via CDL)
- Financial Problems of the American Aircraft Industry, 1906-1940 – JSTOR (Requires database access)
- The Naval Aircraft Factory, the American Aviation Industry, and Government Competition, 1919-1928 – JSTOR (Requires database access)
Allison Timeline
History of Allison
- Name Changes
- Indiapolis Speedway Team Company – 1913[1]
- Allison Speedway Team Company – 1917[1]
- Allison Experimental Company – 1918[1]
- Allison Engineering Company – 1919[1]
- Allison Engineering Company, General Motors Corporation – 1929[1]
- Allison Division, General Motors Corporation – 1934[1]
- Allison Engineering Division, General Motors Corporation – 1937[1]
- Allison Division, General Motors – 1939[1]
- Allison Engine Company – 1993[1]
- Allison Engine Company, Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group – 1994[1]
Bendix Timeline
History of Bendix
- Bendix Aviation Corp. (General File) – Smithsonian Institution
- Annual and Interim Reports, Bendix Aviation Corp. – Smithsonian Institution
- 1932 Bendix Aviation Corporation Annual Report, Aviation History, Early Airplane Parts Company Advertising, American Company Histories – Etsy
Boeing Timeline
History of Boeing
- Munitions Industry – Google Books (See pages 13746-13747)
- Aviation Corporation: The Aviation Corporation Annual Reports: 1929, 1933–1939, 1941–1946 – Internet Archive
- Convair: The Pomona Progress Bulletin from Pomona, California · 35 – Newspapers.com
- North American: Aero – Digest – Internet Archive
Curtiss-Wright Timeline
History of Curtiss-Wright
- Munitions Industry – Google Books (See pages 691-694)
- Aeronautics – Google Books (See pages 75, 86)
- Air Transportation – Google Books (See pages 1, 12; section 5)
Fairchild Timeline
History of Fairchild
- Farmingdale Local History: Aviation – LibGuides
- Aero – Digest – Internet Archive
- Fairchild Industries, Inc. Collection, 1919-1980 – Smithsonian Institution
Honeywell Aerospace Timeline
Lockheed Martin Timeline
History of Lockheed Martin
- Lockheed: The People Behind the Story – Google Books (See page 44)
- Of Men and Stars: Chapter 1 – Homefront Page (Replace last digit before filename extension for other chapters)
Northrop Grumman Timeline
History of Northrop
- Northrop: An Aeronautical History – Google Books
- Northrop Grumman: A Company of Legacies and Logos – Northrop Grumman
- Name Changes
- The Avion Corporation – 1928-1929 – 4515 Alger Street, Los Angeles, California[3]
- Northrop Aircraft Corporation (Subsidiary of United Aircraft & Transport Corporation) – 1929-1931 – Factory at United Airport in Burbank[3]
- The Northrop Aircraft Corporation (Subsidiary of Douglas Aircraft) – 1931-1937 – Factory at Los Angeles Municipal Airport (Mines Field)[3]
- Northrop Aircraft, Inc. – 1939-1959 – Hawthorne, California[3]
Raytheon Technologies
United Technologies Timeline
Raytheon Timeline
Sperry Timeline
History of Sperry
Textron Aviation Timeline
History of Textron Aviation
- Aerospace Technologies of Bell Aircraft Company: A Pictorial History (1935-1985) – Google Books (See pages 3-6)
Vought Timeline
History of Vought
- The Rise and Fall of the Conglomerate Kings – Google Books (See pages 77-99)
- Chance Vought/LTV History – University of Texas at Dallas
List of Late 1920s–Early 1930s Conglomerates
- Aviation Corporation
- Curtiss-Wright
- Detroit Aircraft Corporation
- Fairchild Aircraft
- General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation
- United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
General References
- Aero – Digest – Internet Archive
- Aviation Week 1929-12-07 – Internet Archive
- Aviation Week 1930-01-25 – Internet Archive
List of Unconnected Companies
The following companies are distinct and separate entities from later companies sharing the same name:
- Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company/Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company – 1912-1921
- Avion Corporation/Northrop Aircraft Corporation – 1928-1929-1931
- Northrop Aircraft Corporation – 1931-1937
- J.S. McDonnell & Associates – 1928
- Ryan Airlines/B.F. Mahoney Aircraft Corporation/Mahoney Aircraft Corporation/Mahoney-Ryan Aircraft Corporation/Ryan Aircraft Corporation – 1925-1929[4]
- Stearman Aircraft Corporation – 1926
- Davis-Douglas Company – 1920
- Gallaudet Engineering Company/Gallaudet Aircraft Company – 1908-1923
- Glenn L. Martin Company – 1912-1916
- Mooney Aircraft Corporation – 1929/1930 or 1931
- E.M. Laird Aviation Company/E. M. Laird Airplane Company – 1920 & 1923
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Whitney, Daniel D. (1998). Vee's for Victory! The Story of the Allison V-1710 Aircraft Engine, 1929–1948. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing`. p. 34. ISBN 0-7643-0561-1.
- ↑ "Creating The Legacy That Is American Jet Industries". American Jet Industries. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Allen, Richard Sanders (1990). The Northrop Story, 1929-1939 (First ed.). New York, New York: Orion Books. pp. 156–157. ISBN 0-517-56677-X.
- ↑ Tekulsky, Joseph D. "B.F. Mahoney was the 'mystery man' behind the Ryan company that built Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis. By Joseph D. Tekulsky". Charles Lindbergh: An American Aviator. Retrieved 17 March 2020.