Word: air
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York Air Terminals (Hoyt...
Died. Wilmer Stultz, 29, of Nassau, L. I., trans-Atlantic air pilot (the Friendship, with Amelia Earhart, June, 1928); at Roosevelt Field, L. I., while stunting with two friends...
Once there were 88 U. S. motor car manufacturers. Now there are 47. Mishaps and mergers reduced the number. Analogous has been the career of the aviation industry during the rapid past three years of its expansion. There are about 350 makers of airplanes, five of lighter-than-air craft, 30 of motors. Those concerns too have had their mishaps and mergers, especially mergers. The majority of them now belong to what until last week were four groups?United Aircraft & Transport, Aviation Corp., Curtiss-Keys, and "Hoyt." Last week the Curtiss and "Hoyt" groups merged...
Large scale customers for the products of Curtiss-Wright Corp. will be the great transport companies which Mr. Hoyt and Mr. Keys more or less dominate: Aviation Corp. of the Americas (Pan-American Airways), National Air Transport, Transcontinental Air Transport, Pitcairn Aviation, Inc.* Upon sailing for Europe last week Mr. Keys was meticulous in stating that these transport companies would not buy their equipment exclusively from their allied manufacturers...
...unhampered way has Curtiss-Wright Corp. for control of the U. S. air industry, if that is the hope of Messrs. Keys & Hoyt. Redoubtable against subjugation are W. Averell Harriman & Robert Lehman's $40,000,000 Aviation Corp.,? and Frederick B. Rentschler's $25,000,000 United Aircraft & Transport Corp...