Word: gwinn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Homer's successors, Chairman William P. Gwinn, 60, who has served as president for twelve years, and new President Arthur E. Smith, 57, will have challenges of their own. United's production schedules have been disrupted by Viet Nam priorities, and the company must simultaneously continue development (at a cost of some $80 million so far) of its JT9D jet engine for the next generation of airliners. Then, of course, there are Horner's records to be beaten, such as United's peak first-half earnings, announced last week, of $32.5 million on sales...
William P. Gwinn, president, United Aircraft Corp...
...flying," and are busy nostalgically building the nimble biplanes that only one commercial company makes any more. E.A.A. planes are "generally smaller, lighter and more sensitive than the factory-built jobs, and more responsive, which is part of the fun of flying," says St. Louis Chapter President Robert E. Gwinn, 41, an aeronautical engineer...
...engineers and salesmen in their 30s. At least 15 planes are in the works (ten members have joined forces in a single project). The role of an E.A.A. wife is not inconsiderable. "Mine helps when I need someone to hold the other end of something or lift something," says Gwinn. "She also helps with the painting and fabric work." But forbearance is perhaps the cardinal virtue of a woman whose husband has an airplane in gestation. "When you're working with metal, it gets pretty noisy," says Shewmaker. "And then, of course, you have to give your garage...