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Grover Loening - Loening Aircraft Fdr/VP of Sturtevant Aeroplane Co/Signed Photo
Grover Loening - Loening Aircraft Fdr/VP of Sturtevant Aeroplane Co/Signed Photo

Grover Loening - Loening Aircraft Fdr/VP of Sturtevant Aeroplane Co/Signed Photo

$ 0.52

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Autograph Authentication: Bill Mavodones
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Signed by: Grover Loening
  • Condition: Very fine.
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Signed: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Modified Item: No
  • Profession: Early Aviation/Aircraft Mfg & Executive
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    Description

    Grover Loening - Loening Aircraft Fdr/VP of Sturtevant Aeroplane Co/Signed Photo
    Grover Cleveland Loening (1888-1976) -  American aircraft manufacturer.
    He graduated from Columbia University  in New York City, where he was awarded the first-ever degree in Aeronautical Engineering.  Following graduation, he joined the Queen Aeroplane Company in New York, managed the Wright Company factory in Dayton, Ohio for Orville wright  in 1913 and 1914, published a book, Military Airplanes, and became Vice President of the Sturtevant Aeroplane Company and Chief engineer for the Army in San Diego. In 1917 he formed the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation; after it merged with Keystone Aircraft in 1928, he formed the Grover Loening Aircraft Company. His work on the Loening Flying Yacht won the 1921 Collier Trophy. His notoriety increasing in 1927, Loening dated Elizabeth Nast, a Vogue model twenty years his junior with an affinity for flying. Loening would test fly his own aircraft.
    4“ x 5“ black and white glossy photograph signed and inscribed in felt tip pen. Very fine.
    This is from an extensive 50 year collection covering all categories, that was built from the 1940’s through the 1980’s.
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