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Old 22nd Jul 2011, 21:42
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Originally Posted by OFBSLF
You need to go back a bit further into history. United Airlines was originally Boeing Air Transport
Actually it was a three way split. Pratt & Whitney (hence the holding company still being "United Technologies"), United Airlines (ex-Boeing Air Transport) and Boeing Aircraft. Hamilton Standard (propellers), Sikorsky, and Chance Vought were also in the combine. It was broken up under US anti-trust laws in the early 1930s.
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