[tanknetter]

Keep in mind that Wright didn’t disappear. They merged with the first Martin aircraft company in the mid-teens to form Wright-Martin, and then again with once arch-rival Curtiss in the late 1920s to form Curtiss-Wright. The merged company produced the P-40, the C-46 and various Helldiver bombers for the Navy.

[NorthMountain]

I have been employed by more than one company that got "merged". I know too well how that game is played and what the resulting names really mean.

What I find amusing about the whole business with the Wrights is that their radial engines largely powered the "golden age" (if such a thing existed) of piston powered aircraft. The one major thing they didn't build back in 1903 was the engine. That, they outsourced.