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Grover Cleveland Loening
Born(1888-09-12)September 12, 1888
Bremen, German Empire
DiedFebruary 29, 1976(1976-02-29) (aged 87)
Coconut Grove, Florida, US
NationalityGerman American
Alma materColumbia University
Occupation(s)Aircraft pilot, designer, builder, author and advisor
Children3[1][2]
AwardsWright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1950)
Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1960)

Grover Cleveland Loening (September 12, 1888 – February 29, 1976) was an American aircraft manufacturer.

  1. ^ Flying Magazine: 73. Aug 1976. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Services Scheduled for Aviation Pioneer", Miami Herald, March 3, 1976

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Grover Loening Award

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award was first given in 1964 and honors the late Grover Loening. A noted aviation pioneer, Loening was the first civilian member of the National Air...

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Loening Model 23

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Loening S-1 Flying Yacht, also called the Loening Model 23, was an early light monoplane flying boat designed in the United States by Grover Loening in...

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Awards and decorations of the Civil Air Patrol

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Wright Company

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[failed verification] The Library of Congress also holds the papers of Grover Loening, the second Wright Company factory manager, while the papers of Frank...

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Loening Duckling

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The Loening Duckling was an American flying boat built by Loening in the late 1910s. The Duckling was a single-bay biplane flying boat powered by a single...

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National Aviation Hall of Fame

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Lindbergh (1967) Edwin Albert Link (1976) Allan H. Lockheed (1986) Grover Loening (1969) Nancy Harkness Love (2005) James Arthur Lovell (1998) Raoul Gervais...

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Alexander Pfitzner

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(NYT Sep. 11 1910) Loening (1911), p.134. New York Times (NYT 16 Jan. 1910) Ashby (2002), p.5. Flight Magazine, II (30) Loening, Grover Cleveland (1911)...

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Daniel Guggenheim Medal

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Medalist William Littlewood - 1958 Medalist George Edwards - 1959 Medalist Grover Loening - 1960 Medalist Jerome F. Lederer - 1961 Medalist James H. Kindelberger...

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Grumman FF

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aircraft firm in 1928 – after the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company folded in the 1932–33 timeframe, Loening in turn contributed to the Grumman...

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Leroy Grumman

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Grumman at Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation in New York City as the project engineer to supervise the firm's construction of 52 Loening M-8 monoplane...

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Curtiss BF2C Goshawk

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67 by Curtiss. The main gear retraction system was inspired by the Grover Loening-designed system on the Grumman XFF-1 prototype, and was manually operated...

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Fleetwings Sea Bird

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in the design of the Loening "Monoduck" developed by the Grover Loening Aircraft Company as a personal aircraft for Mr. Loening (for whom Reddig worked...

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Katharine Wright Haskell

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christen the Wilbur Wright flying boat, designed by aviation pioneer Grover Loening, and participated in its maiden flight over the Hudson River. At the...

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Langley Gold Medal

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1967 Wernher von Braun 1971 Samuel C. Phillips 1976 James E. Webb 1976 Grover Loening 1981 Charles Stark Draper 1981 Robert T. Jones 1983 Ross Perot, Jr....

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Grumman F4F Wildcat

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utility biplane, was originally created in the 1920s by Leroy Grumman for Grover Loening. Landing accidents caused by failure of the main gear to fully lock...

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Seaplane

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cabin (a first for the company);the chief engineer of this version was Grover Loening. In Britain, Captain Edward Wakefield and Oscar Gnosspelius began to...

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Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

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financier and polo player; father of ambassador Kingdon Gould Jr. Grover Loening (M.S. 1910), American aircraft manufacturer, designer of first successful...

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Collier Trophy

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1917–1920 – No trophy awarded due to the war 1921 – Grover Loening, for development of the Loening Flying Yacht. 1922 – United States Air Mail Service...

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Civil Air Patrol

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ribbon for this award. Grover Loening Award Paul E. Garber Award Gill Robb Wilson Award Membership Ribbon Leadership Ribbon Loening Ribbon Garber Ribbon...

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Weather ship

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connection with aviation in August 1927, when the aircraft designer Grover Loening stated that "weather stations along the ocean coupled with the development...

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Fleetwings

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Ireland "Privateer" amphibian, and ribs, flaps and tail surfaces for Grover Loening Aircraft Company, and moved to a larger location in a hangar on lower...

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