Wright Aeronautical Corporation (1919-1929)
Historical
1919-1929 (remained a division under Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Wikipedia & https://patersonmuseum.com/the-wright-years/
- In 1916, the Wright brothers' original aviation firm, the Wright Company, merged with Glenn L. Martin's firm, the Glenn L. Martin Company of California, to form the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation.[1] In September 1917, Martin resigned from Wright-Martin and re-formed an independent Glenn L. Martin Company of Ohio (later of Maryland). After World War I in 1919, Wright-Martin was renamed Wright Aeronautical.[1][2] It moved to Paterson, New Jersey in 1919
- On July 5, 1929, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company together with 11 other Wright and Curtiss affiliated companies merged with Wright Aeronautical Corporation to become the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Their engine divisions merged in 1931.