HISTORY
Loening
Aeronautical Engineering Corporation
was founded 1917 by Grover Loening
and produced early aircraft and
amphibious aircraft. When
it merged with Keystone Aircraft
Corporation in 1928, some of its
engineers left to form Grumman.
Loening formed a new enterprise,
Grover Loening Aircraft Company, in
1929, which eventually closed in
1933.
Many Loening flying boats
were similar in appearance
to the later Grumman Duck,
featuring a single large
float under the fuselage.
Leroy Grumman had been
General Manager at Loening
Aeronautical Engineering
Company, and after Grumman
and colleagues and
co-founders Leon "Jake"
Swirbul, Bill Schwendler and
Ed Poor struck out on their
own following Loening's
merger with Keystone,
Grumman's new company's
initial business strategy
was the repair of Loening
aircraft for the U.S. Navy.
Grumman soon began marketing
aircraft of its own, based
largely on concepts
developed at Loening. Almost
the entire early Grumman
work force were ex-Loening
employees.
Source:
Wikipedia
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