Dates

• Existence: 1925
• Existence: 1938

Biography

In Existence: 1925 - circa 1938 (?)

LOCNAF: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company founded 1925; United Aircraft Corporation. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Division; housed in a single factory area in Hartford, Conn., leased from Pratt & Whitney Company, a prominent machine tool manufacturer, and thus company name was acquired (no corporate association between with two companies); later expanded to East Hartford, Conn., which became headquarters for the organization)

in 1938 United Aircraft Corporation took over all outstanding stock of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company and that of several other companies) [Pratt & Whitney Aircraft story, c1950]

Functions

• Aircraft industry

Places

• U.S. (Associated Country)
• East Hartford, Conn. (Residence)

Topics

• Airplanes -- Motors -- Design and construction