W.J. Blanchard, Aeroproducts Inc. Collection 1925-1960

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W.J. Blanchard, Aeroproducts Inc. Collection 1925-1960

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W. J. Blanchard, an inventor and respected Dayton businessman, co-founded Engineering Products, Inc. in 1935. The company was the first to develop a new propeller known as the "aeroprop". In 1940, General Motors Corporation purchased Engineering Products, renamed it Aeroproducts, and instilled Blanchard as its first General Manager. The collection consists of administrative records, engineering blueprints, aviation handbooks, and personal materials.

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Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives

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MacNeil, Charles

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Aeroproducts Corporation. General Motors Corporation

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Blanchard, Werner J., 1900-1948

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Blanchard, W. J., 1900-1948

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Werner J. Blanchard was a father, an inventor, and a well respected member of the Dayton business community. He was born in Bennington, Kansas on April 4, 1900. He attended college at Wooster, Ohio and graduated form Kansas State College where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. In 1920 he went to work as a machinist for Cleveland Worm and Gear Co. in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1924 he moved home to Manhattan, Kansas to teach school until 1927. He began his proffessional career in ...