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23-511: The trophy was brought back in 1998 by AlliedSignal , the then-owner of the Bendix brand name (which later merged with Honeywell ), to "recognize contributions to aerospace safety by individuals or institutions through innovation in advanced safety equipment and equipment utilization." The current awards of the Honeywell Bendix Trophy for Aviation Safety includes a scale reproduction of

46-687: A closed-end investment fund. In 1926, Schoellkopf and his son, Jacob F. Schoellkopf III , engaged Esenwein & Johnson to build the "Niagara Share Building" to house the investment bank . The bank was on the third floor of the building and featured a telegraph room and trading floor which was a mini-version of the New York Stock Exchange . On March 31, 1882, Schoellkopf was married to Wilma Spring ( c.  1861 –1938), daughter of Alexander Spring, of Stuttgart, Germany . They resided in Buffalo, New York and together they had: Schoellkopf

69-752: The Bendix Corporation in 1983, beginning the company's involvement in aerospace. The Signal Companies traced their history to the Signal Gasoline Company, founded by Samuel B. Mosher in 1922. It renamed itself to Signal Gas & Oil in 1928 to reflect its expanding businesses. By the 1950s, Signal was the largest independent oil company on the West Coast of the United States and Mosher held large stakes in American President Lines and

92-553: The Flying Tiger Line . In 1964, Signal merged with the Garrett Corporation , an aerospace company. In 1967, they purchased Mack Truck for $ 85m US. The combined company adopted "The Signal Companies" as its corporate name in 1968, and in 1974, sold its original Oil operations to Burmah Oil for $ 480m. The merger of Allied and Signal made aerospace the new company's largest business sector. The combined company adopted

115-706: The Solvay Process Company (est. 1881). The consolidation occurred with the backing of chemist William Nichols , who became concerned about dependence on the German chemical industry during World War I , and financier Eugene Meyer . It acquired the Eltra Corporation in 1979. The company renamed itself the Allied Chemical Corporation in 1958, then simply the Allied Corp. in 1981. Allied merged with

138-580: The Stuttgart-Polytechnic College as a member of the class of 1880. After Schoellkopf graduated, he returned to Buffalo, New York from Germany . His studies at the university had involved the subject of coal tar dyes , and he felt that the American market offered a great field for these products. Therefore, he established the " Schoellkopf Aniline and Chemical Works ", which was founded shortly after his return to Buffalo and which constituted

161-414: The "Cliff Paper Company" of Niagara Falls and the "International Hotel Company", also of Niagara Falls . He was president of the "Contact Process Company" and an investor in the "New York State Steel Company" (which later became Republic Steel ). Schoellkopf was president of the " Schoellkopf, Hutton & Pomeroy Investment Bank ", a private entity, which later evolved into the "Niagara Share Corp.,"

184-573: The 1935 race, was the only airplane ever designed for the specific purpose of winning the Bendix Trophy. The plane was designed and developed by Ben Howard and Gordon Israel , who went on to become an engineer for the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation . Mister Mulligan was designed to fly the entire length of the race nonstop and at high altitude. Neither had ever been done before. Howard and Israel, who co-piloted, won

207-747: The Bendix Trophy but also the Thompson Trophy , when flown by Harold Neumann in 1935. Instead of a cross-country distance race, the Thompson was a closed-circuit race around pylons, a type of race for which it was not particularly well suited. Entered again in the Bendix in 1936, the Mister Mulligan was completely destroyed when the craft lost one of the propeller blades, resulting in a forced landing, 40 miles (64 km) north of Crownpoint, New Mexico ; this crash landing almost killed Howard and his co-pilot wife, Maxine. AlliedSignal AlliedSignal, Inc.

230-541: The Fram and Autolite brands from other companies in 1973. The Prestone brand was acquired in the late 1990s. Jacob F. Schoellkopf Jr. Jacob Friedrich Schoellkopf Jr. (February 27, 1858 – September 9, 1942) was an American business executive, founder of Schoellkopf Aniline and Chemical Works , and member of the Schoellkopf family who were involved in hydroelectric resources at Niagara Falls . Jacob F. Schoellkopf Jr.

253-419: The first women pilots to enter the Bendix, taking fifth and sixth places, respectively, in 1933. In 1936, Louise Thaden and her copilot Blanche Noyes won the race. Laura Ingalls finished second. In 1938, Jacqueline Cochran , arguably the greatest female aviator of all time, took home the trophy. Paul Mantz was the only pilot to ever win the Bendix three consecutive years, from 1946 through 1948. The race

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276-537: The largest plant of its kind in the United States . The business later became the " Schoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna Company ", of which Schoellkopf was president. As of 1908, the company had $ 3,000,000 (equivalent to $ 101,733,000 in 2023) capital, employed 350 men and was paying $ 15,000 (equivalent to $ 509,000 in 2023) a month in wages. The plant covered about thirty-six acres of land and consisted of thirty brick buildings. National Aniline and Chemical Company

299-448: The merger, Honeywell was an international controls company that developed and supplied advanced technology products, systems and services to aviation and space companies and industry. The product lines of the two companies were complementary, the only principal overlap being avionics . As of 2006, Allied-Signal's automotive products included Fram Filters, Autolite Spark Plugs and Prestone Anti-Freeze. The Bendix Corporation purchased both

322-573: The name Allied-Signal on September 19, 1985. It dropped the hyphen to become AlliedSignal in 1993 to reinforce a one-company image and signify the full integration of all of its businesses. Between 1992 and 1997, the company radically reduced the number of suppliers from whom parts and materials were purchased, downsizing its supply base from 10,000 to 2000, particularly by eliminating poorer performing suppliers and training those who remained. On June 7, 1999, AlliedSignal acquired Honeywell for $ 14.8 billion and took its more recognizable name. Before

345-563: The original Bendix Trophy design and a citation. The purpose was to interest engineers in building faster, more reliable, and durable aircraft. Bendix competitors flew from Burbank, California , to Cleveland, Ohio , except for two years when the contest began in New York and ended in Los Angeles. Famous competitors for the trophy included Jimmy Doolittle , who won the first race, and several women. Amelia Earhart and Ruth Rowland Nichols were

368-591: The trophy. Their victory changed how long-distance airplanes were designed. The second-place plane in the 1935 race was actually a faster airplane but had to make refueling stops, which cost enough time to prevent Roscoe Turner from winning the race. The time difference was only 23.5 seconds between first and second place. The winning difference in speed, over the total distance was less than 0.2 mph (0.32 km/h). Mister Mulligan achieved 238.70 mph (384.15 km/h), compared to Roscoe Turner's 238.52 mph (383.86 km/h). Mister Mulligan not only won

391-854: Was a member of the Buffalo Historical Society , of the National Geographical Society of Washington, D.C. , and of the American Society for Political and Social Science . He was also a member of the Buffalo Club and the Country Club of Buffalo . He was a trustee of Buffalo General Hospital and the inaugural chair, from 1919 to 1922, of the Community Foundation Board (now the "Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo"). Schoellkopf died on September 9, 1942. He

414-737: Was an American aerospace, automotive and engineering company, created through the 1985 merger of Allied Corp. and The Signal Companies. It purchased Honeywell for $ 14.8 billion in 1999, and adopted the Honeywell name and identity. AlliedSignal was a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1985 until February 19, 2008. The Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation originated with the 1920 merger of five chemical companies: Barrett Paving Materials (est. 1852), General Chemical Company (est. 1899), National Aniline & Chemical Company (est. 1917), Semet-Solvay Company (est. 1895), and

437-608: Was born in Buffalo on February 27, 1858, the fourth son of industrialist Jacob F. Schoellkopf (1819–1899) and Christiana T. ( née Duerr) Schoellkopf (1827–1903). He started his education at local schools in Buffalo, then St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo, afterward going to Germany where he studied for from 1873 to 1880 at the University of Munich and in Stuttgart specializing in chemistry where he graduated from

460-700: Was buried alongside his wife Wilma, who died in 1938, Lakeside Memorial Park Cemetery in Hamburg, New York . At his death, Schoellkopf left $ 50,000 (equivalent to $ 932,000 in 2023) to the Buffalo Council of the Boy Scouts of America and an additional $ 50,000 (equivalent to $ 932,000 in 2023) among six public, welfare and educational organizations. Additionally, he made bequests to several of his employees, including $ 10,000 (equivalent to $ 186,000 in 2023) to his housekeeper , Rose Boger. The majority of his estate

483-604: Was formed in 1917 by the merger of Schoellkopf Aniline and Chemical , Beckers Aniline and Chemical of Brooklyn, and the Benzol Products Company . Included also were certain facilities of Semet-Solvay, the Barrett Company , and the General Chemical company that made coal tar intermediates. The executives were Schoellkopf, C. P. Hugo Schoellkopf, I. F. Stone, and Dr. William G. Beckers. Additionally, Schoellkopf

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506-598: Was not run during World War II . Postwar winners were frequently military veterans from the United States Army Air Forces : the 1956 winner, Capt. Manuel Fernandez Jr. , was the third-ranking Korean War USAF ace. By the 1960s, American interest in air racing declined. This was probably due to an increased focus on the space race during this time. Lt. Richard F. Gordon Jr. , the winner in 1961, went on to become an astronaut with NASA . Mister Mulligan ( Howard DGA-6 ), commissioned and flown by Ben Howard in

529-657: Was president of the " American Magnesia and Covering Company ", located at Plymouth Meeting near Philadelphia ; vice-president of the "Commonwealth Trust Company" and of the "Central National Bank"; and a director of the Columbia National Bank and of the "Security, Safe Deposit Company". He was also a director of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company ; a director of the National Aniline and Chemical Company of New York ; also of

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