"Conquistadores del Cielo"
Conquerors of the Sky
Paul Richter and Jack Frye were co-founders in 1937.
In the first few moments of this movie you will see the Lockheed 12A Electra.
*video from the Ruth Richter Holden Private Collection*
Now referred to as "the Aerospace Olympus" with members like;
Jim Wortham-ex Douglas Pres., GE engine designer, assigned by Reagan to 1st U.S. China Trade Commission.
James G. Roche - Secretary of the Air Force
Sir John Edward Victor Rose-Rolls Royce Chief Executive, who led RR to it's profitable position with Trent engines and the Allison Engine Co. acquisition and as the main engine supplier for U.S. Dept. of Defense "Joint Strike Fighter",
Lockheed Martin CEO Vance Coffman
Charles Gates Jr.,
Ray H. Siegfried II
Barron Hilton
Thanks to two visionary aviators from the 1920s.