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In addition to the aviators billed in the event's programs, there were many hobbyists and inventors wishing to make a name for themselves in the new aviation industry. A $1500 prize for a locally designed and built machine that successfully flew helped to ensure a high turn-out from California inventors and would-be aviators.
The company's first major product was an oil cooler for military aircraft. Garrett designed and produced oil coolers for the Douglas DB-7. [9] Boeing's B-17 bombers, credited with substantially tipping the air war in America's and Great Britain's favor over Europe and the Pacific, were outfitted with Garrett intercoolers, as was the B-25. [12]
The company was founded by Ira Allen Eichner in 1951, to supply radios and other equipment to the commercial aviation industry. [4] I.A. Allen Industrial was incorporated in 1955, renamed Allen Aircraft Radio (AAR) in 1962, and became AAR CORP. in 1970. [4] Also, in 1969, AAR began its aircraft maintenance business in Oklahoma City.
Postcard from the event. The 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet (August 12 to August 20, 1911) was major aviation show held at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, United States in August 1911. [1] [2]
[11] [10] [15] It started supplying equipment for the CrossFit Games in 2009, before becoming the sole provider to the Games and regional events in 2010. [24] Fifteen semi-trucks of equipment were needed to supply the 2013 CrossFit Games at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, [11] up from nine trucks used to supply the 2011 CrossFit Games ...
In 1919, he created the Associated Equipment Distributors as a trade association for companies like his own. [6] In 1954, Hunter returned to AED as a member of the advisory board. [6] In 1966, independent distributors of construction equipment sold $1.1 billion in new equipment and $270 million in used equipment in the United States.
In September 2018, PwC ranked aerospace manufacturing attractiveness: the most attractive country was the United States, with $240 billion in sales in 2017, due to the sheer size of the industry (#1) and educated workforce (#1), low geopolitical risk (#4, #1 is Japan), strong transportation infrastructure (#5, #1 is Hong Kong), a healthy ...
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