The company was formed from the firms of James Smith and Donald Wills in 1967. Both men were of Scottish ancestry, graduates of MIT and had worked for the aircraft manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company. "Y" had been chief engineer at Martin before leaving to establish Davis-"Y" Company in early 1920 in Los Angeles. He bought out his backer and renamed the firm the"Y" Aircraft Company in 1921. "X" founded J.S. "X" & Associates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1926. His idea was to produce a personal aircraft for family use. The economic depression from 1929 ruined his ideas and the company collapsed. How do we better know XY today as ?
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