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'''Grover Cleveland Loening''' was an aero engineer who got his start working for the [[Wright Brothers]]. He was hired to run [[Sturtevant Aeroplane Company]] and later forming [[Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation]].
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'''Grover Cleveland Loening''' was an aero engineer who got his start working for the [[Wright Brothers]]. He was hired to run [[Queen Aeroplane Company]] and [[Sturtevant Aeroplane Company]] and later started [[Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation]].
  
 
He was the first person with the tile "Aeronautical Engineer, U.S. Army Corps", in which capacity–following a series of fatal crashes–he condemned the Army's Wright and Curtiss pushers on safety grounds.<ref>[[Freudenthal, 1940, The Aviation Business]], p. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b39416;view=1up;seq=32 16].</ref>
 
He was the first person with the tile "Aeronautical Engineer, U.S. Army Corps", in which capacity–following a series of fatal crashes–he condemned the Army's Wright and Curtiss pushers on safety grounds.<ref>[[Freudenthal, 1940, The Aviation Business]], p. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b39416;view=1up;seq=32 16].</ref>
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(Loening later made an important statement that the Wrights had given [[Glenn Curtiss]] scientific data for use by the [[Aerial Experiment Association]], which he had then used commercially without their permission.)<ref>[[Freudenthal, 1940, The Aviation Business]], p. 15.</ref>
 
(Loening later made an important statement that the Wrights had given [[Glenn Curtiss]] scientific data for use by the [[Aerial Experiment Association]], which he had then used commercially without their permission.)<ref>[[Freudenthal, 1940, The Aviation Business]], p. 15.</ref>
  
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A substantial wikipedia article about him is available, and cites several of his publications.<ref>[[w:Grover Loening]]</ref>
 
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Grover Loening (4729167240).jpg

Grover Cleveland Loening was an aero engineer who got his start working for the Wright Brothers. He was hired to run Queen Aeroplane Company and Sturtevant Aeroplane Company and later started Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation.

He was the first person with the tile "Aeronautical Engineer, U.S. Army Corps", in which capacity–following a series of fatal crashes–he condemned the Army's Wright and Curtiss pushers on safety grounds.[1]

(Loening later made an important statement that the Wrights had given Glenn Curtiss scientific data for use by the Aerial Experiment Association, which he had then used commercially without their permission.)[2]

A substantial wikipedia article about him is available, and cites several of his publications.[3]


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Names Grover Cleveland Loening
Countries US
Locations Manhattan, New York, New York, Garden City, New York
Occupations engineer, military officer
Tech areas Airplane
Accreditations
Affiliations Sturtevant Aeroplane Company, Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation
Family name
Birth date 1888
Death date 1976
Wikidata id Q1547800