Test pilot, entrepreneur, United States Army Air Forces aviator
Known for
Co-founder of the Beech Aircraft Corporation
Spouse
Olive Ann Beech
Walter Herschel Beech (January 30, 1891 – November 29, 1950) was an American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur who co-founded the Beech Aircraft Company (now called Beechcraft) in 1932 with his wife, Olive Ann Beech, and a team of three others.[1]
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Walter Herschel Beech (January 30, 1891 – November 29, 1950) was an American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur who co-founded the Beech Aircraft...
Company was founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 1932 by WalterBeech as president, his wife Olive Ann Beech as secretary, Ted A. Wells as vice president of engineering...
Aircraft Corporation. She founded the company in 1932 with her husband, WalterBeech, and a team of three others. She earned more awards, honorary appointments...
established in Wichita, Kansas, United States in January 1925 by Clyde Cessna, WalterBeech, and Lloyd Stearman. An early leader in single-engine, light-aircraft...
Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Eurasia and North America. There are 13 accepted species in two...
instead found use in the private business aircraft and military market. WalterBeech test flew the aircraft in 1949 and expressed interest in buying the project...
Keyes Beech (August 13, 1913 – February 15, 1990) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best known for his reporting on World War II, the...
interest in private flying increased, leading Cessna in 1925, along with WalterBeech and Lloyd Stearman, to found the Travel Air Manufacturing Company in...
In that same year, he bought an OX-5-powered Travel Air biplane from WalterBeech, founding the Valley Flying Service which sold scenic rides to passengers...
Anzani engine. The aircraft was modified by Cessna, Lloyd Stearman, and WalterBeech that fall. A second aircraft was built that December, and featured a...
Manufacturing Company, soon rising to chief engineer. Every spring, company boss WalterBeech would come into the engineering department and suggest that they convert...
farther forward than the upper wing). It first flew in 1932. In 1932, Walter H. Beech, formerly head of the aircraft manufacturer Travel Air, left Curtiss-Wright...
Australian bomber pilot and Victoria Cross Recipient (b. 1916) 1950 – WalterBeech, American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur (b. 1891) 1953 – Sam...
1924. In September 1927, Travel Air founder Clyde Cessna split from WalterBeech forming Cessna-Roos aircraft. Roos became the second largest shareholder...
January – Bruno Loerzer, German military aviator (died 1960) 30 January – WalterBeech, American aircraft manufacturer (died 1950) 18 February – Julius Busa...
family include: Beecher, Illinois, named after Henry Ward Beecher and Beecher Island, named after Lt. Fredrick H. Beecher. The American Beecher family began...
Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (/stoʊ/; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and...
customers was the Travel Air Corporation in Wichita, Kansas, owned by WalterBeech. Beech liked McPhetridge and offered her a job as a sales representative...
Swallow Airplane Manufacturing Co. Designer Lloyd and Waverly Stearman and WalterBeech First flight 1924 Introduction 1924 Status Examples still in service...
and WalterBeech, but subsequently rejected by Swallow president Jake Moellendick, a decision which triggered the departure of both Stearman and Beech, and...
(unless noted) – E.K. Campbell – Travel Air A C. Bowhan – Travel Air B.6 WalterBeech – Travel Air B.6 Fred Melchoir – Junkers F.13L (second prize) E. G. Knapp...
November 9 – Maude Fulton, playwright and actress (b. 1881) November 29 – WalterBeech, aviator and aircraft manufacturer (b. 1891) December 4 – Jesse L. Brown...
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