Evening star., 1943-05-05
Hartford Fosters
World Air Group
4 Nations, 10 States, 2S Cities
Manufacture Their Designs
UAc Stockholders Told

EAST HARTFORD, CoNN-To meet the
worldwide demand for its products, United
Aircraft Corporation is operating directly
or through licensees in % communities To-
Gated in 10 states in this country, and in three
foreign countries, E. E. Wilson, President,
told stockholders at the close of their annual
meeting here last week. This makes East
Hartford one of the world important focal
points for aviation.
Not only does United Aircraft manufac.
ture airplanes, but it provides the engines and
propellers which make flight possible for
great proportion of the warplanes turned out
by the American aviation industry.
Engines, Propellers, Aircraft
Uniteds manufacturing activities are
centered in four divisions, Mr.. Wilson ex-
planned at the meeting. The Pratt & Whitney
Aircraft division builds the famous Wasp
series of radial air-cooled engines ranging
from the 450-horsepower Wasp Junior used
in training planes, up through the mighty
Double Wasp, first 2O00-horsepower aircraft
engine in quantity production in the world.
The Double Wasp powers the Navy's Vought
Corsair and the Army's Republic Thunder
bolt, the first single-engined fighters in the
world packing such power. Around it also
are built the Martin Marauder and the Vega
Ventura medium bombers and the Army C46
Curtiss.Wright Commando transport.
Before the war, Hamilton Standard Pro-
pellers division supplied approximately 1870
of all American propellers for high.powered
engines. Today, about two-thirds of all pro-
pellers supplied to the Army and Navy bear
the Hamilton Standard trade mark In addi-
tion to these two divisions, the Chance
,Vought Aircraft division is building the
Nays new Corsair shipboard fighter while
the Sikorsky Aircraft division is concentrat-
ing on the helicopter for military uses.
Spreading the Know-How
Each of these divisions, Mr.. Wilson ex-
planned, developed its own group of satellite,
subsidiary and licensee plants. The Pratt &
whitney engine division has FIVE satellite
plants in nearby communities feeding into the
main plant at East Hartford. They are located
at Buckland, Hartford, Willimantic and
lSouthington in Connecticut and in East Long
Meadow in Massachusetts,. Six domestic COM
panies are building Pratt & Whitney engines
under license. They are the Ford Motor Co.,
the Buick and Chevrolet Divisions of General
Motors Corp, Nash-Kelvinator Corp, Jacobs
Aircraft Engine Co., and Continental Motors
Corp. In Australia, Commonwealth Aircraft
Corp. Pity, Ltd, is building the P & w en-
'gines. A wholly-owned subsidiary, Pratt &
Whitney Aircraft Corp. of Missouri, is pre-
pairing to build engines without profit at
Kansas City. In Montreal, another subsidiary,
Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co., Ltd,
is bringing Hartford know-how into the heart
Of Canadian wartime operations.
Propellers Made in 4 Countries
In addition to its main plant at East Hart
ford, the Hamilton Standard Propellers divi.
sion has satellite plants at Westerly, Rhode
Island, and Norwich, Conn. Another, at Dar-
lington, Rhode Island, is scheduled to open
in few months. Three domestic Licensees,
Nash-Kelvinator Frigidaire, and Remington
Rand, have been taught to make complete
Hamilton Standard propellers. Abroad, de
Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd, makes the pro-
pellers under license in England and in Aus
tralia. In Montreal, Canadian Propellers,
Ltd, is building Hamilton Standard propel-
iers in model new factory. The latter is
subsidiary of Canadian Pratt & Whitney
but is operated entirely with Canadian Gov
ernment funds.
The Chance Vought Aircraft division at
Stratford, Conn.,, has two branches in nearby
Bridgeport. In Ohio Goodyear Aircraft
Corp, is now turning out Vought Corsair