Aerospace Manufacturer Company Histories
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Introduction
The histories includes only official histories written by or for the companies themselves.
The honorable mentions section includes works written by former employees, endorsed by the company or similar.
Histories
- A History of Eastern Aircraft Division – Eastern Aircraft
- A Pictorial Review of United Aircraft Corporation at War – United Aircraft
- Allison War Album (Part 1) (Replace last digit before filename extension for other parts, alternate version) – Allison
- Blades for Victory – Aeroproducts
- Great Engines and Great Planes – Chrysler
- Flight Plan for Tomorrow: The Douglas Story – Douglas
- Grumman at War – Grumman
- Kaman: Our Early Years – Kaman
- Martin: Aircraft of Today and of the Future – Martin
- Of Men and Stars: Chapter 1 – Homefront Page[a] – Lockheed
- Plants, People, Planes – North American
- Seven Decades of Progress – GE Aviation[b]
- The Power House of Aviation: A Trip Through Wright Aeronautical Corporation – Wright
- The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Story – Pratt & Whitney
- Wherever Man Flies – Hamilton Standard[c]
- Wings for the Navy – Vought
Honorable Mentions
- Avro: The History of an Aircraft Company – Avro[d]
- Continental! Its Motors and Its People – Continental[e]
- The Grumman Story – Grumman[f]
- The Spartan Story – Spartan
- Piper Aircraft: Freedom of Flight – Piper[g]
- Propulsion: L'Histoire de Pratt & Whitney Canada – Pratt & Whitney Canada[h]
- Reuben Fleet and the Story of Consolidated Aircraft – Consolidated[i]
- Rotol: The History of an Airscrew Company, 1937-1960 – Rotol[j]
- Vertical Challenge: The Hiller Aircraft Story – Hiller[k]
- Waco: "Ask Any Pilot" – Waco[l]
- Waco: Symbol of Courage and Excellence (Vol. 1) – Waco
- Waco: Symbol of Courage and Excellence (Vol. 2) – Waco
Similar Documents
- Aro Equipment Corporation, Bryan, Ohio
- Republic Aviation Corporation Indiana Division Supervisory Dinner
- Republic Thunderbolt: Designed to Fight in the Stratosphere
- The Story of D.W. Onan and Sons
- The Story of the Sperry Corporation[11]
Non-Aerospace
References
Footnotes
- ↑ Replace the last digit before the filename extension to view other chapters.
- ↑ Succeeded by Eight Decades of Progress approximately ten years later. A later book, 100 Years of Reimagining Flight, was authored by Rick Kennedy, the unofficial company historian, and not published by GE Aerospace.[1][2]
- ↑ Although insufficient bibliographic information is provided for confirmation, it may be the work transcribed on the Not Plane Jane website.
- ↑ Authored by Harry Holmes, former public relations manager for Avro, but not published by said company.[3]
- ↑ Authored by William Wagner, Vice President of Public and Personnel Relations at Ryan Aeronautical Company, but not published by said company.
- ↑ Authored by Richard Thruelsen and not published by Grumman, but written at the suggestion of Leroy Grumman's daughter and with input from Groever Loening and other employees of said company.[4]
- ↑ Authored by Roger Peperell, company historian, and written with cooperation from Piper, but not published by said company.[5] Previous books by the same author, such as Piper Aircraft and Their Forerunners and Piper Aircraft: The Development and History of Piper Designs appear to be more focused on profiles of individual aircraft and not overall company history.
- ↑ Authored by Kenneth H. Sullivan and Larry Milberry and not published by Pratt & Whitney Canada, but written at the request of Elvie Smith, former company president, and endorsed by David Caplan, company president, in the forward.[6]
- ↑ Authored by William Wagner, Vice President of Public and Personnel Relations at Ryan Aeronautical Company, and not published by said company, but written as combination authorized biography of Reuben Fleet and company history.[7]
- ↑ Authored by Bruce Stait, former Rotol employee, and approved of by management, but not published by said company.[8]
- ↑ Authored by Jay P. Spenser and not published by Hiller, but supported by Stanley Hiller, Jr., company founder and used company archives at Hiller Aviation Museum.[9]
- ↑ Authored by Raymond H. Brandly and not published by Waco, but endorsed by Clayton J. Brukner, co-founder and former president of said company, in a letter to the author.[10]
Notes
- ↑ Daugherty, Gina (28 August 2019). "100 Years of Reimagining Flight: How a Small Team of Engineers and Machinists Transformed GE". GE Aerospace. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ↑ "GE Aviation: 100 Years of Reimagining Flight". Orange Frazer Press. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ↑ Holmes, Harry (2004). Avro: The History of an Aircraft Company. Crowood Press. p. 7. ISBN 1 86126 651 0.
- ↑ Thruelsen, Richard (1976). The Grumman Story. Praeger Publsihers. pp. v, ix. ISBN 0-275-54260-2.
- ↑ "Piper Aircraft - Freedom of Flight". Air-Britain. February 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ↑ Sullivan, Kenneth H.; Milberry, Larry (1989). Propulsion: L'Histoire de Pratt & Whitney Canada (in French). CANAV Books. pp. 7, 9. ISBN 0-921022-03-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Wagner, William (1976). Reuben Fleet and the Story of Consolidated Aircraft. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers. dust jacket back flap. ISBN 0-8168-7950-8.
- ↑ Stait, Bruce (1990). Rotol: The History of an Airscrew Company, 1937-1960. Alan Sutton Publishing. p. vii. ISBN 0 9516815 0 8.
- ↑ Spenser, Jay P. (1992). Vertical Challenge: The Hiller Aircraft Story. University of Washington Press. p. xv. ISBN 0-295-97203-3.
- ↑ Brandly, Raymond H. (1988). Waco: "Ask Any Pilot". p. 3. ISBN 0-9602734-6-8.
- ↑ Taranovich, Steve (10 December 2012). "Design Hindsight from the Tail-Gunner Position of a WWII Bomber, Part One". EDN. Retrieved 3 May 2026.