Wright Aeronautical was an American aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey, active from 1919 to 1929. It was the successor to Wright-Martin, the company formed in 1916 when the Wright Company merged with the Glenn L. Martin Company, and it took the Wright Aeronautical name after the First World War. The firm is remembered chiefly for its engines, above all the air-cooled Whirlwind series developed from Charles Lawrance's radial designs, which powered Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and the aircraft of aviators such as Richard Byrd, Clarence Chamberlin and Amelia Earhart. It also built a small number of aircraft, among them Navy racing aircraft and the Wright-Bellanca monoplanes. In 1929 it merged with the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company to form Curtiss-Wright.
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Wright Aeronautical (1919–1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey.
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1919 Wright-Martin Aircraft Co became Wright Aeronautical Corporation.
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1929 merged with Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co to form Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
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Wright Aeronautical (1919-1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey.
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It built aircraft and was a supplier of aircraft engines to other builders in the golden age of aviation.
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1929: Merged with Curtiss Co as Curtiss-Wright.
Wright R-540 Whirlwind (Wikipedia)
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The Wright R-540 Whirlwind was a series of five-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engines built by the Wright Aeronautical division of Curtiss-Wright.
Wright T-3 Tornado (Wikipedia)
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The T-3 was the third in the line of 'T' (Tornado) series engines developed by Wright Aeronautical
Wright R-790 Whirlwind (Wikipedia)
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The Wright R-790 Whirlwind was a series of nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engines built by Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Wright R-975 Whirlwind (Wikipedia)
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The Wright R-975 Whirlwind was a series of nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engines built by the Wright Aeronautical division of Curtiss-Wright.
Wright F2W (Wikipedia)
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The Wright F2W was an American racing aircraft built by Wright Aeronautical Corporation for the US Navy.
Wright XF3W Apache (Wikipedia)
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The Wright XF3W was an American racing aircraft built by Wright Aeronautical for the United States Navy.
Navy-Wright NW (Wikipedia)
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The Navy-Wright NW series, also called the Mystery Racer were racing aircraft built by Wright Aeronautical Corporation at the request of the US Navy.
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History: Wright Cyclone
Grace's Guide to British Industrial HistoryHas Vehicles: Wright R-1820 Cyclone, Lead, Cyclone family make
Wright Cyclone was the name given to a family of air-cooled radial piston engines designed by Wright Aeronautical Corporation and used in numerous American aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.
Has Vehicles: Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone, Lead, Cyclone family make
Wright Cyclone was the name given to a family of air-cooled radial piston engines designed by Wright Aeronautical Corporation and used in numerous American aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Wright Cyclone was the name given to a family of air-cooled radial piston engines designed by Wright Aeronautical Corporation and used in numerous American aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Engine Historical Society (AEHS)Has Vehicles: Wright R-1300 Cyclone 7, Overview, make
The Wright Cyclone 7 was Wright’s smallest in a long line of Wright radial aircraft engines named “Cyclone.”
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Wright Aeronautical chose violent windstorms for their engine names: Whirlwind, Tornado, Cyclone, and Typhoon.
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