Allan and Malcolm Loughead were pioneers of US airplane industry. The brothers were born in Niles, California.
They became interested in airplanes as teenagers, after their older brother showed them a book that he wrote about planes and flying.
The Lockheed Corporation (originally the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company) was an American aerospace company, founded in 1912 and later merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995.
