Boeing; Douglas; McDonnell; McDonnell-Douglas; Boeing
Northrop; Grumman; Northrop-Grumman
Lockheed; Glenn L. Martin; Lockheed-Martin
Consolidated Acft; Vultee; Consolidated-Vultee; General Dynamics
Fairchild, Hiller, Chase, Republic; Fairchild-Hiller; Fairchild-Chase; Fairchild-Republic
North American Aviation; Rockwell; North American-Rockwell
I’m sure I left out some.
Vought - Boeing, or at least a sub in SC if memory serves.
My 1000 hour Grumman plaque was engraved with dark print, legible. My 2000 hour Northrup Grumman plaque was not legible.
But the Grumman & Northrup Grumman engineers saved my ass dozens of times. Hard landings? Grumman trash can fall like a turd off a tall moose, miss a wire, and be airborne again like a champ. Leaking HYD fluid like normal on you to let you know that you didn’t mess up the HYD systems (2).