User:Trevor MacInnis/sandbox/Template:North American Aviation timeline

Timeline of early American aviation companies


 * Fairchild Aircraft bought Hiller in 1964, bought Republic Aviation(started as Seversky Aircraft in 1931) in 1965, Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation in 1972, bought Dornier in 1996. Bought by M7 Aerospace in 2002.


 * Northrop Grumman: Northrop founded 1927 as Avion Corporation, absorbed in 1929 by United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, reformed, twice, bought Grumman (founded 1929)in 1994,


 * Gm bought Dayton-Wright Company in 1919


 * Hughes Aircraft Acquired by GM in 1985. Sold to Raytheon in 1997.
 * Hiller Aircraft founded 1942. Purchased by Fairchild Aircraft in 1964, became "Fairchild Hiller". Separated helicopters back to Hiller Aircraft in 1973.