Malcolm Lockheed
{{Short description|American engineer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Malcolm Lockheed
| image = Malcolm Lockheed.jpeg
| caption =
| birth_name = Malcolm Loughead
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|11|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Niles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|8|12|1886|11|11}}
| death_place = San Andreas, California, U.S.
| other_names =
| known_for = Lockheed Corporation
| occupation = Engineer
| resting_place = Mokelumne Hill, California
}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Order of the Crown (Belgium)
| date = {{start date|1919}}
| country = Belgium
| presenter = Albert I of Belgium
| website = {{Official website|https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/Protocol/nobility_and_honorary_distinctions/national_orders/three_national_orders}}
| higher = Order of Leopold (Belgium)
| lower = Order of Leopold II
}}
Malcolm Lockheed (né Malcolm Loughead; {{Birth date|1886|11|11|mf=y}} – {{Death date|1958|8|12}}){{Cite web| title = Malcolm Lockheed (1886-1958) - Find A Grave Memorial| access-date = 2022-02-15| archive-date = 2019-04-13| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190413105627/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104563461/malcolm-lockheed| url = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104563461/malcolm-lockheed| url-status = live | website = Find a Grave}} was an American aviation engineer who formed the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company along with his brother, Allan Loughead, also known as Allan Lockheed. This company went on to become the Lockheed Corporation.Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II, pp. 59-76, Cypress, CA, 2013.Borth, Christy. Masters of Mass Production, pp. 244-245, Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1945.
Life
Loughead was the son of Flora and John Loughead.{{cite web|url=http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=-1449208259&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 |title=Allan Lockheed |work=National Aviation Hall of Fame |accessdate=2010-01-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001146/http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=-1449208259&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 |archivedate=2007-09-27 }} He had a half-brother Victor, a sister Hope, and a brother Allan Lockheed.
Loughead also patented the first hydraulic brakes in 1917;{{Cite web| title = Patent Images| access-date = 2022-02-15| archive-date = 2021-10-31| archive-url = https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?docid=01249143&PageNum=1&&IDKey=57615156EEFC&HomeUrl=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1%2526Sect2=HITOFF%2526d=PALL%2526p=1%2526u=%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r=1%2526f=G%2526l=50%2526s1=1249143.PN.%2526OS=PN/1249143%2526RS=PN/1249143| url = http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?docid=01249143&PageNum=1&&IDKey=57615156EEFC&HomeUrl=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1%2526Sect2=HITOFF%2526d=PALL%2526p=1%2526u=%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r=1%2526f=G%2526l=50%2526s1=1249143.PN.%2526OS=PN/1249143%2526RS=PN/1249143| url-status = live| website = United States Patent and Trademark Office}} these were adopted by Duesenberg for their 1921 Model A.{{Citation | last = Csere | first = Csaba | authorlink = Csaba Csere |date=January 1988 | title = 10 Best Engineering Breakthroughs | work = Car and Driver | volume = 33 | issue = 7 }}, p. 61.
In 1919, Malcolm and his brother Allan were awarded the Order of the Golden Crown by King Albert of Belgium.{{cite web|author=Lockheed|first=Allan|date=July 10, 1942|title=Biographical Data as Submitted to Who's Who in America|url=http://www.dmairfield.com/people/lockheed_ah/LockheedAllanBIO1910-1942.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710141357/http://www.dmairfield.com/people/lockheed_ah/LockheedAllanBIO1910-1942.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-10|access-date=2022-02-15}}
Notes
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References
- [http://www.wmsb.net/loughead-lockheed.html Allan and Malcolm Loughead (Lockheed) Their Early Lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains]
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Category:Businesspeople in aviation
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
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