| Pratt and Whitney Aircraft manufactures aircraft | | | | Boeing 747 (1987) - the PW4000 |
| engines. On their famous logo with the Eagle it | | | | Boeing 777 (1989) - the PW4084 |
| says: "Dependable Engines". In later years the | | | | F/A-22 Raptor (1991) - the F119 |
| company had the following slogan: "The Eagle | | | | Pratt & Whitney Aircraft manufactured |
| means Business". They have been manufacturing | | | | 363,610 piston aircraft engines during World War |
| engines (piston and jet) since 1925. The man who | | | | II which was nearly half of all the engines |
| started it was Frederick Brant Rentschler. And | | | | produced. |
| you thought the company was started by two | | | | Charles Lindbergh was once employed at Pratt |
| people named Pratt and Whitney! | | | | & Whitney Aircraft The desk he used can |
| Well the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft story is a | | | | be seen at the Pratt & Whitney Museum in |
| fairly long and convoluted one. Rentschler founded | | | | Hartford, CT. Connecticut's economy relies in large |
| Wright Aeronautical. Wright Aeronautical was | | | | part on the Defense Industry and Pratt & |
| previously Wright-Martin. Wright-Martin was a | | | | Whitney Aircraft is the states largest private |
| merger of the Glenn L. Martin Company and the | | | | employer. |
| Wright Company which occurred in 1916. Wright | | | | Over the years Pratt & Whitney Aircraft has |
| Company was created by Orville and Wilbur | | | | made engines that have been installed in a large |
| Wright. Glenn Martin resigned from Wright-Martin | | | | variety of civil and military aircraft. They have |
| in 1917. The company was renamed Wright | | | | also made engines (both piston and jet) that have |
| Aeronautical in 1919. The Wright "Whirlwind" engine | | | | been used to generate electrical power on the |
| was used on the plane that the famed aviator | | | | ground. There power plants have been installed in |
| Charles Lindbergh flew solo nonstop across the | | | | U.S. Navy ships. They even in had small helicopter |
| Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. Then in 1924 | | | | turbine engines installed on Indy and Formula One |
| Rentschler left Wright Aeronautical with some | | | | racing cars. Pratt & Whitney Aircraft also has |
| engineers after a dispute regarding funding for an | | | | a division in Canada that was founded in 1928. It |
| air-cooled engine which the government requested | | | | makes turboprop engines for small aircraft. |
| development of. So Rentschler headed to | | | | In 1929 Rentschler incorporated the company |
| Connecticut to Pratt & Whitney which at the | | | | called: "United Aircraft and Transport Company". |
| time was called the "Pratt & Whitney | | | | The creation of United Airlines came about from |
| Machine Tool Company". It was founded in 1860 | | | | this company. United Aircraft and Transport |
| by Francis A. Pratt and Amos Whitney (a cousin | | | | Company then became United Aircraft |
| of Eli Whitney). They were located in Hartford, | | | | Corporation which was comprised of the following |
| Connecticut. Pratt & Whitney provided funds, | | | | four companies: Pratt & Whitney, Vought |
| building facilities, and even their name. Pratt & | | | | Aircraft (from Chance Vought - another aviation |
| Whitney Aircraft was incorporated in 1925. | | | | legend - but this company left in 1954), Sikorsky |
| The following is but a short list of well-known | | | | Aircraft (from famed helicopter inventor Igor |
| aircraft that have had Pratt & Whitney | | | | Sikorsky), and Hamilton-Standard which makes |
| engines installed on them: | | | | propellers. Then in 1975 United Aircraft |
| B-52 Stratofortress (1952) - the J57 | | | | Corporation became the United Technologies |
| Boeing 707 (1958) - the JT3 | | | | Corporation which we know today. United |
| SR-71 Blackbird (1964) - the J58 | | | | Technologies Corporation or UTC also has Carrier |
| Boeing 747 (1966) - the JT9D | | | | (air conditioning and refrigeration) and Otis |
| F-15 Eagle (1970) - the F100 | | | | (elevators) as business units. |
| Boeing 727 (1980) - the JT8D | | | | |