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((Short description|American aerospace engineer and executive (1887–1956)))
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'''Frederick Brant Rentschler''' (November 8, 1887 &ndash; April 25, 1956) was an American [[aircraft engine]] designer, aviation engineer, industrialist, and the founder of [[Pratt & Whitney|Pratt & Whitney Aircraft]]. Rentschler created and manufactured many revolutionary aircraft engines, including those used in the aircraft of [[Charles Lindbergh]], [[Amelia Earhart]] and [[Jimmy Doolittle|James Doolittle]].<ref>((cite web |url= http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/frederick_b_rentschler.html |title= Frederick Rentschler &#124; 20th Century American Leaders Database &#124; Leadership |publisher= Hbs.edu |access-date= August 2, 2010))</ref> He is also a co-founder of [[United Aircraft and Transport Corporation]], the predecessor of [[United Technologies Corporation]].

==Early life==
Rentschler was born on November 8, 1887, in [[Hamilton, Ohio]], to [[German-Americans]] George A. Rentschler and Phoebe Schwab, whose family owned the Republic Motor Car Co. that built Republic cars from 1910 until 1916.  They were also principals in [[Hooven-Owens-Rentschler]], and his brother [[Gordon S. Rentschler]] would become Chairman of [[Citigroup|National City Bank]].  The family resided in the [[Rentschler House]], which has since been [[National Register of Historic Places|named a historic site]].

He graduated from [[Princeton University]] in 1909 and worked in his family's businesses as a molder and machinist. When the U.S. entered [[World War I]] in 1917, he joined the [[United States Army]]. As a First [[Lieutenant]] and later [[Captain (U.S. Army)|Captain]], he was assigned to inspect [[Hispano-Suiza]] aircraft engines manufactured under [[France|French]] license at the [[Wright-Martin]] plant in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]. The armistice of November 11, 1918, ended the contract and caused the reorganization of Wright-Martin.

==Aviator and engineer==
Rentschler left the Army convinced that future aircraft would require lighter-weight engines with much greater power and higher reliability. His proposed design of an air-cooled engine flew in the face of conventional wisdom, which held that heavier liquid-cooled engines would power the future of aviation.

Rentschler became president of the [[Wright Aeronautical Corporation]] and pressed for research into his idea. Unable to convince his board of directors, largely composed of investment bankers with little aviation knowledge, he resigned in 1924, and supported by old friend and Wright chief engineer [[George J. Mead]], he developed a proposal for a high-powered air-cooled aircraft engine for the [[U.S. Navy]].<ref name="voughtaircraft1">((cite web |url=http://www.voughtaircraft.com/heritage/peoplaces/html/brentschler.html |title=brentschler |publisher=Voughtaircraft.com |date=April 25, 1956 |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721073418/http://www.voughtaircraft.com/heritage/peoplaces/html/brentschler.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 ))</ref> [[Admiral]] [[William A. Moffett]] promised to approve the purchase of such an engine.

==Corporate executive==

Rentschler approached the [[Pratt & Whitney Measurement Systems|Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool Company]] of [[Hartford, Connecticut]], with his idea. On July 23, 1925, they agreed to fund its development, creating the [[Pratt & Whitney|Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company]] in which Rentschler and Mead had a controlling position.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.enginehistory.org/pratt_&_whitney.htm |title=Pratt & Whitney |publisher=Enginehistory.org |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105164803/http://www.enginehistory.org/pratt_%26_whitney.htm |archive-date=January 5, 2009 ))</ref>

Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's first engine, completed on Christmas Eve 1925, was named the Wasp by Faye Belden Rentschler, whom Frederick had married July 25, 1921. The ((convert|425|hp)) Wasp easily passed its official qualification test in March 1926 and the Navy ordered 200 engines. The speed, climb performance, and reliability that the engine offered revolutionized American aviation.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.nasm.si.edu/americabyair/activities/newgeneration/index.cfm |title=America by Air: A New Generation of Leaders |publisher=Nasm.si.edu |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408201200/http://nasm.si.edu/americabyair/activities/newgeneration/index.cfm |archive-date=April 8, 2010 ))</ref> Over the next twenty years, from the original Wasp design the [[Pratt & Whitney Wasp series]] developed, approaching ten times the power of the 1925 engine.

In 1929, Rentschler ended his association with Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool Company, but was allowed to keep the name Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company. Rentschler, [[Vought]] and [[William Boeing]] of [[The Boeing Company]] formed the [[United Aircraft and Transport Corporation]].  United Aircraft completed the first coast-to-coast passenger network in March of that year.<ref name="voughtaircraft1"/>

In 1934, UATC was broken up, and its manufacturing interests east of the [[Mississippi River]] became [[United Aircraft|United Aircraft Corporation]], headquartered in Hartford with Rentschler as president.

Rentschler turned to developing [[jet engine]]s after [[World War II]]. Pratt & Whitney produced the [[Pratt & Whitney J57|J57]] jet engine in 1953. The engine was used to power the first [[B-52 Stratofortress]] in 1954.

Rentschler remained as president of United Aircraft until his death on April 25, 1956, in [[Boca Raton, Florida]].<ref>((cite news |title=Frederick B. Rentschler, Chairman Of UAC, Dies |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/894246472.html?dids=894246472:894246472&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+26%2C+1956&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Frederick+B.+Rentschler%2C+Chairman+Of+UAC%2C+Dies&pqatl=google |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=April 26, 1956 |access-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106201732/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/894246472.html?dids=894246472:894246472&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+26,+1956&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Frederick+B.+Rentschler,+Chairman+Of+UAC,+Dies&pqatl=google |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((cite news |title=Frederick B. Rentschler |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0917FF345F177A93C5AB178FD85F428585F9|newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=April 27, 1956 |access-date=May 26, 2011 ))</ref> He is buried at Fairview Cemetery in West Hartford.

==Awards==

In 1951, Rentschler was made an Officer of the [[Légion d'honneur]] “for his contribution to the progress of aeronautical science".((citation needed|date=September 2021))

In 1958, the United States Air Force posthumously presented him with the Civilian Service Award for Exceptional Service as a pioneer in the development, research and manufacture of aircraft engines.((citation needed|date=September 2021))

He was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] in 1982.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35552939/beatrice_daily_sun/|title=Hall of Famer|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Beatrice Daily Sun|location=Beatrice, Nebraska|date=July 26, 1982|page=3|via=Newspapers.com))</ref>

==Legacy==

Pratt & Whitney's former company airfield, located in [[East Hartford, Connecticut]], was named [[Rentschler Field (airport)|Rentschler Field]] in his honor. The airfield was decommissioned in 1995, and the land it was on was donated to the state of Connecticut in 1999.<ref>((cite web |url=http://flightopedia.com/frederick-brant-rentschler.htm |title=Frederick Brant Rentschler - Flightopedia |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110051836/http://flightopedia.com/frederick-brant-rentschler.htm |archive-date=January 10, 2011 ))</ref> A stadium, also called [[Rentschler Field (stadium)|Rentschler Field]], was built on the site and opened in 2003 as the home field for the [[University of Connecticut]] [[UConn Huskies football|football team]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.rentschlerfield.com/stadium_info.cfm |title=Rentschler Field Stadium Information |publisher=Rentschlerfield.com |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914030434/http://www.rentschlerfield.com/stadium_info.cfm |archive-date=September 14, 2010 ))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061207065919/http://www.time.com/time/covers/0%2C16641%2C19510528%2C00.html ''Time''], May 28, 1951
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091019105652/http://gallery.pictopia.com/prattwhitney/gallery/14657/photo/5137987/?o=4 "Photo Galleries / Celebrities / Frederick Rentschler in front of his Vought 02U Corsair"] 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100809095033/http://www.utdallas.edu/library/uniquecoll/speccoll/hac/vought/LTVhistory.html "Chance Vought/LTV History"], ''University of Texas, Dallas''
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