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Rentschler's group held half the stock. Rentschler persuaded several of his old associates at Wright-including Wright's top engineers, George Mead and Andrew Willgoos-to quit and join him. While stored tobacco was being cleared from the idle Hartford plant, Willgoos set up a drawing board...
Rentschler promptly assembled his production team: M.I.T.-trained George Mead, Designer Andy Willgoos, who could "think with his fingertips," and Aeronautical Engineer Don Brown. In nine months, they perfected the 415-h.p. air-cooled "Wasp." It weighed only 650 Ibs., was the most powerful engine for its weight ever built...
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