Malcolm Loughead

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]

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

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Short description	American inventor and entrepreneur; pioneer of hydraulic brakes; founder of Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company, one of the predecessor corporations to Lockheed Martin
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