MANAGEMENT IN AVIATION HISTORY BENCH MARKS A TRIBUTE TO PROF. D.D. HATFIELD BY GIACINTA BRADLEY KOONTZ
Northrop Aeronautical Institute, located near Los Angeles, was established in 1942 by pioneer aeronautical engineer John K. “Jack” Northrop and educator and administrator James L. McKinley. It opened in 1946 for Northrop Aviation employees only, off ering two-year courses in engineering and mathematics. In 1953, Northrop’s aircraft company separated itself from the school, thereafter open to the public and named Northrop Institute of Technology. By 1958, the school off ered a four-year bachelor of science degree in engineering, aeronautics and aircraft maintenance. The university attracted scholars and many graduates were hired by large companies in the aviation industry. Northrop modernized and added a master’s degree program, and by 1972, added a degree in law. The name was soon changed to Northrop University. During the 1970s, professor David
D. Hatfi eld housed his extensive collection [the “Hatfi eld History of Aeronautics”] within the school’s “American Hall of Aviation History.” The University obtained other large collections of vintage aviation photographs and documents from which Hatfi eld created a series of pictorial “Aeroplane (or fl ying machine) Scrapbooks.” These books spanned the years 1910 to 1941 in advertisements chosen from aviation magazines. Three additional scrapbook-type books authored by Hatfi eld included a daily chronical of events during the 1910 Dominguez Air Meet in Los Angeles, a thumbnail album of 33 American pioneers in aviation, and a special tribute to aeronautics in Los Angeles between 1920 and 1929. All of Hatfi eld’s small, soft-cover books were published between 1971 and 1976.
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All images are from Aeroplane (or flying machine) Scrapbook (Nos. 1,2 and 3), by D.D. Hatfield, Northrop University, CA. Some small-font advertising text has been cropped off the images. Top Leſt : Cooperation between Cuba and the U.S. during 1920 resulted in this Aeronautical Congress. The advertisement claims “Exposition of World’s Best Aircraſt . Competitions for over $25,000 in Prizes. Discussions of Important Phases of Aeronautic Science by World’s Leading Authorities.” Top Right: The Warner Instrument Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, bragged that it made the “First Aeroplane Accessory” in 1910. The advertisement explains that the Aero-Meter “tells the aeroplanist just the force of the wind pressure against his planes, enabling him to guard against accident through diminished air resistance.” Bottom Leſt : Shown here in a 1928 advertisement, Hatfield wrote, “The Caminez engine was designed by David Caminez and was taken over by Fairchild Aviation Corporation for development and manufacture. It operated on a novel principal in which there were no connecting rods and the piston operated directly on a cam to the crankshaſt .” Bottom Right: This 1930’s ad for the Menasco Pirate Aircraſt Engine used typical art-deco fonts and designs including a running pirate carrying a sword and wearing sailor’s boots. “Measco Motors were concentrating on air-cooled in-line engines. Hatfield noted “Al Menasco had started Menasco Motors by converting French Salmson radial engines.”
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