All American Engineering Company.

All American Aviation, Inc., was incorporated in Delaware on March 5, 1937. It was renamed All American Airways, Inc., on September 20, 1948, in response to its evolution into a conventional airline. On January 2, 1953, it spun off its engineering and research units and became Allegheny Airlines, Inc. It was renamed USAir, Inc., on October 28, 1979.

All American Aviation was originally incorporated by Dr. Lytle S. Adams, who had been experimenting with aerial pick-up devices since the 1920s and was the sole owner of Tri-State Aviation Corporation of Morgantown, W. Va. The company remained inactive until September 1938, when Ricard C. du Pont bought $85,000 in stock and became president. Lytle became vice president and Charles W. Wendt, secretary-treasurer. The other directors were Arthur P. Davis and A. Felix du Pont, Jr.

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