Allan Loughead

American mechanic

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Allan Loughead was an American mechanic and aviation pioneer. He co-founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company in 1912, which later became the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company. After its liquidation, Loughead established the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926, which developed the innovative Vega monoplane. This aircraft achieved significant records, including Wiley Post's solo flight around the world in 1933. The company later became Lockheed Corporation, a major aerospace manufacturer known for aircraft like the P-38 Lightning and the F-104 Starfighter, and eventually merged to form Lockheed Martin Corporation.1

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…Corporation dates to 1912 when Allan Loughead, his brother Malcolm, and Max Mamlock, who at the time was head of Alco Cab Company, founded Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company to build the Loughead brothers’ floatplane design, the Model G. After a year the company became dormant, but in 1915 the Loughead brothers…
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…Corporation dates to 1912 when Allan Loughead, his brother Malcolm, and Max Mamlock, who at the time was head of Alco Cab Company, founded Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company to build the Loughead brothers’ floatplane design, the Model G. After a year the company became dormant, but in 1915 the Loughead brothers…
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