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Avion Academy
Avion or Avión may refer to: Businesses * Avion Corporation, the first of Jack Northrop's aviation firms * Avion Express, a Lithuanian airline * Avion Group, an Icelandic investment firm * Avion Shopping Park, a shopping centre in the Ružinov borough of Bratislava, Slovakia * Avión tequila, a brand of tequila produced in Jalisco, Mexico People * Avion Black (born 1977), American former National Football League player * Avion Blackman (born 1976), Trinidadian reggae singer Places * Canton of Avion, Pas-de-Calais ''département'', France ** Avion, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in the canton * Avión, a municipality in the province of Ourense in Spain * Avion Ridge, Alberta, Canada Transportation * Avion (car), an American prototype sports car * Ader Avion II The ''Avion II'' (originally referred to as the ''Zephyr'' (west wind) or the ''Éole II'') was the second primitive aircraft designed by Clément Ader in 1893. Most sources agree that work on it was never completed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Northrop
John Knudsen Northrop (November 10, 1895 – February 18, 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist and designer who founded the Northrop Corporation in 1939. His career began in 1916 as a draftsman for Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company (founded 1912). He joined the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1923 and worked on the Douglas World Cruiser, where in time he became a project engineer. In 1927 he joined the Lockheed Corporation, where he was a chief engineer on the Lockheed Vega transport. He left in 1929 to found Avion Corporation, which he sold in 1930. Two years later, he founded the Northrop Corporation. This firm became a subsidiary of Douglas Aircraft in 1939, so he co-founded a second company named Northrop. Early life and entering aviation Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1895, Northrop grew up in Santa Barbara, California. In 1916, Northrop's first job in aviation was in working as a draftsman for the Santa Barbara-based Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
