Business: Aviation Accessories

As the automobile industry has developed many an accessory industry (notably tires) so the aviation industry has its accessory fields. Thus Scintilla magnetos are standard equipment on Curtiss, Wright and Pratt & Whitney engines. Thus ignition systems built by Delco Aviation Corp., General Motors subsidiary, are used on all Liberty aviation engines. As the aviation industry develops, so the making of aviation accessories increases as well.

To this accessory industry came last week its first great merger. Known as the Bendix Aviation Corp., the new company will be 25% controlled by General Motors....

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