Loening, Grover, 1888-1976

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Dates:
Birth 1888-09-12
Death 1976-02-29

Biographical notes:

Aviation consultant, engineer, author, and aircraft manufacturer. Died 1976.

From the description of Grover Cleveland Loening papers, 1900-1975 (bulk 1913-1962). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981173

Aircraft engineer; interviewee d.1976.

From the description of Reminiscences of Grover Cleveland Loening : lecture, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597772

From the description of Reminiscences of Grover Cleveland Loening : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726973

Biographical Note

1888, Sept. 12 Born, Bremen, Germany 1908 B.S., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1910 M.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1911 Published Monoplanes and Biplanes: Their Design, Construction and Operation (New York: Munn & Co. 331pp.) 1911 1912 Chief engineer, Queen Aeroplane Co. 1913 1914 Chief engineer and general manager, Wright Aeronautical Co. 1914 1916 Chief aeronautical engineer, United States Army Signal Corps, Aviation Section 1915 Published Military Aeroplanes (San Diego: Frye & Smith. 17 pp.) 1916 1917 Vice president and general manager, Sturtevant Aeroplane Co. 1917 1918 President, Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp. 1919 Awarded Distinguished Service Award by the War Department for the design of a two-seater fighting plane 1921 Awarded Wright and Collier trophies for the Loening Monoplane Flying Yacht 1922 Founder and president, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America 1923 Designed the Loening Cabin Amphibian airplane 1928 Designed the Loening Air Yacht, a six-passenger amphibian airplane Merger, Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp. and Curtiss-Wright Corp. 1928 1929 Director and consulting engineer, Curtiss-Wright Corp. 1929 Director, Roosevelt Field, Mineola, N.Y. 1930 Married Marka Truesdale (divorced 1940) 1930 1938 President, Grover Loening Aircraft Co. 1935 Published Our Wings Grow Faster (Garden City, N.J.: Doubleday, Doran & Co. 203 pp.) 1937 1938 Aeronautical advisor, United States Maritime Commission 1938 1975 Consulting engineer for the United States government and private industries after retiring from aircraft manufacturing 1939 Director and consulting engineer, All American Aviation 1942 1945 Aircraft consultant, War Production Board 1942 1943 Technical consultant and coordinator, British Aircraft Engineering Mission headed by Roy Fedden 1945 Appointed to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Consultant for the United States Navy on experimental aircraft 1947 Chief of research, President's Air Policy Commission 1948 Awarded Medal for Merit 1948 1970 Member, National Air Museum Advisory Board 1950 Awarded Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy 1951 1969 Director and consultant, New York Airways 1955 Published Fifty Years of Flying Progress (Washington, D.C. 216 pp.) 1960 Awarded Daniel Guggenheim Medal, Society of Automotive Engineers 1966 Published Takeoff Into Greatness: How American Aviation Grew So Big So Fast (New York: Putnam. 256 pp.) 1970 Published The Conquering Wing (Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co. 196 pp.) 1973 Published Amphibian: The Story of the Loening Biplane (Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society. 196 pp.) 1976, Apr. 30 Died, Miami, Fla.

From the guide to the Grover Cleveland Loening Papers, 1900-1975, (bulk 1913-1962), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Aircraft manufacturers
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