AVION INC.

USA

Formed 1942 to undertake research, engineering, and production of military aircraft. Orders during war included subassemblies for Northrop and Lockheed. In January 1943 received Northrop subcontract for three XP-79 jet fighters, one of which (MX-324) was the first American rocket-propelled aircraft to fly, on July 5,1944.


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