NORTH AMERICAN Aircraft Manuals PDF

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The company was founded on December 6, 1928 in Delaware, as a holding of a number of airlines and aircraft manufacturers, including the General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation in Dundalk, Md.

On January 1, 1935, North American Aviation (NAA) transformed into an aircraft manufacturing company and relocated to Inglewood, California.

J.H. Kindelberger becomes president of the company, and J.L. Atwood, vice president and chief designer.

The first swallow is the NA-16 two-seat trainer airplane, which took off on April 1, 1935. Under the designation BT-9 (basic trainer), it was launched into the series, becoming the ancestor of the Texan (T-6) / SNJ / Harvard family of training aircraft, continuously manufactured for 25 years.

In March 1937, the experimental high-altitude bomber NA-21 Dragon (XB-21) was built. In January 1939, an experienced NA-40 attack bomber took off, and its variant NA-62 (August 1940) went into production as the B-25 Mitchell.

During the years of WW2 (1939-1945), the company produced 41,000 vehicles of various types, including 9498 B-25 and 15586 P-51 "Mustang".

By 1944, NAA sales grew from $ 50 million in 1939 to nearly $ 700. But by September 1945, the number of employees decreased from 91,000 to 5,000.

The strategic cruise missile program was closed in 1955, but it led to the creation of a number of new divisions in North American: Autonetics, Rocketdyne, Atomics International, and Missile Development. Missile Development later, in December 1960, became the Space Information Systems Division.

On July 16, 1965, the "counterguerrilla" OV-10 Bronco (NA-300) turboprop took off, and on June 3, 1966, 5 Rocketdyne engines launched into orbit of Gemini 9.

On September 22, 1967, the company merged and after further reorganization, the company became known as Rockwell International.