Malcolm Loughead

Malcolm Loughead
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Malcolm Loughead formed the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company along with his brother, Allan Loughead. This company went on to become the Lockheed Corporation.

Loughead also invented the first hydraulic brakes in 1919; these were adopted by Duesenberg for their 1921 Model A.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Csere, Csaba (January 1988), "10 Best Engineering Breakthroughs", Car and Driver 33 (7) , p. 61.



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