Malcolm Lockheed ((

né A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth reg ...

Malcolm Loughead; - ) was an American aviation engineer who formed the

Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company The Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company (originally founded as the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company) was an American company which designed and built aircraft. The founder, Allan Lockheed, went on to form the similarly named but otherwise unrelat ...

along with his brother, Allan Loughead, also known as

Allan Lockheed Allan Haines Lockheed (né Allan Haines Loughead; January 20, 1889 – May 26, 1969) was an American aviation engineer and business man. He formed the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company along with his brother, Malcolm Loughead, that became Lockheed Co ...

. This company went on to become the

Lockheed Corporation The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer. Lockheed was founded in 1926 and later merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995. Its founder, Allan Lockheed, had earlier founded the similarly named but ot ...

Life

Loughead was the son of

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and John Loughead. He had a half-brother Victor, a sister Hope, and a brother

. Loughead also patented the first

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s in 1917; these were adopted by

Duesenberg Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Company, Inc. was an American race car, racing and luxury car, luxury automobile manufacturer founded in Indianapolis, Indiana, by brothers Fred Duesenberg, Fred and August Duesenberg in 1920. The company is ...

for their 1921 Model A., p. 61. In 1919, Malcolm and his brother Allen were awarded the Order of the Golden Crown by King Albert of Belgium.

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Allan and Malcolm Loughead (Lockheed) Their Early Lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains
1886 births 1958 deaths Businesspeople in aviation Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) {{US-business-bio-stub