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Frederick Brant Rentschler (November 8, 1887 – April 25, 1956) was an American aircraft engine designer, aviation engineer, industrialist, and the founder of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Rentschler created and manufactured many revolutionary aircraft engines, including those used in the aircraft of Charles Lindbergh , Amelia Earhart and James ...
United Aircraft was an American aircraft manufacturer formed in 1934 by the break-up of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation. It became United Technologies in 1975 and diversified into various high tech fields, including jet engines, helicopters, and railways.
A 1929 holding company that combined aviation manufacturing and airline businesses, founded by William Boeing and Frederick Rentschler. It was broken up by antitrust laws in 1934, resulting in United Aircraft, Boeing Airplane, and United Air Lines.
In April 1925, Frederick Rentschler, an Ohio native and former executive at Wright Aeronautical, was determined to start an aviation-related business of his own. [5] His social network included Edward Deeds, another prominent Ohioan of the early aviation industry, and Frederick's brother Gordon Rentschler, both of whom were on the board of Niles Bement Pond, then one of the largest machine ...
Jonathan Metzl is an American psychiatrist and author who teaches sociology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt University. He has written several books on topics such as gender, health, and whiteness in the US.
George Jackson Mead (December 27, 1891 Everett, Massachusetts – January 20, 1949 Hartford, Connecticut) was an American aircraft engineer.He is best known as one of the chief founding team members, together with Frederick Rentschler, of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft.
In 1925, Frederick Rentschler approached Pratt & Whitney for funding and a location to build his new aircraft engine. [4] Pratt & Whitney loaned him $250,000, the use of the Pratt & Whitney name, and space in their building.
Rentschler was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on November 25, 1885. His father was George A. Rentschler, one of the principals of the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler engine manufacturer. His brother was a Frederick Brant Rentschler. He graduated as president of the class at Princeton University in 1907 and returned to the family business. Following a flood in ...