Plant... http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/content/career-advice/military-transition/how-gm-divisions-tackled-war-effort.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aviation Clement Melville Keys (1876–1952) who as a financier/founder of aviation companies Curtiss-Wright , China National Aviation Corporation , North American Aviation and TWA . He has been called "the father of commercial aviation in America." founded North American Aviation on December 6, 1928 , as a holding company