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Matthews Brothers Propeller, Fixed-Pitch, Two-Blade, Wood
Thomas F. Hamilton became the general manager of the aircraft department of the Matthews Brothers Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1917. This maker of fine bar and dining room furniture, which constructed chairs for Chicago area houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was also a primary propeller contractor for the U.S. military aviation production program. Hamilton specialized in constructing propellers of this type for the U.S. Navy's Curtiss H-16 and F-5-L flying boats. After the war, he bought the propeller business from Matthews and formed the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company in 1919.
The United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, formed by William E. Boeing and Frederick Rentschler of Pratt & Whitney, acquired this company, and merged it with its more successful competitor Standard Steel in November 1929, to form the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation, which became the world's number one propeller company with a virtual monopoly on high-performance propellers in the United States.
Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
PROPULSION-Propellers & Impellers
Manufacturer
Matthews Brothers Mfg. Co.
Physical Description
Type: Two-Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Wood
Diameter: 304.8 cm (120 in.)
Chord: 26.4 cm (10.38 in.)
Engine Application: Liberty 12A V-12 for F-5-L flying boat
Dimensions
Propeller: 304.8 x 26.4 x 27.9 x 18.4 x 1.3 x 7.9cm (10 x 10 3/8 x 11 x 7 1/4 x 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
3-D: 305.8 x 27.9 x 18.7cm (10 ft. 3/8 in. x 11 in. x 7 3/8 in.)
Materials
Wood
Varnish
Copper Alloy
Natural Fabric
Inventory Number
A19690193000
Credit Line
Transferred from the U.S. Navy Department.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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