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9 unusual facts about Bendix Corporation


1948 World Series

The second game also made television history when a live broadcast of the Indians–Braves matchup was shown aboard the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Marylander passenger train travelling between Washington, D.C. and New York City, using a receiver operated by Bendix Corporation technicians.

Bendix G-20

The Bendix G-20 computer was introduced in 1961 by the Bendix Corporation, Computer Division, Los Angeles, California.

Dashaveyor

Bendix Corporation purchased the rights to the basic Dashaveyor system in order to use it as the basis for an AGT system during the heyday of urban transport research in the late 1960s.

One of these companies was the Bendix Corporation, who found the Dashaveyor concept and decided it would make the basis for a competitive AGT system.

John T. Parsons

(Bendix Corporation was an initial license taker of the patent, in 1955, and eventually bought all the rights to it.)

Robert Purcell

Purcell also served on a number of corporate boards and had a noted role in Bendix Corporation's 1982 attempt to acquire Martin Marietta.

Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance and armament

The full remedy was to use the Bendix-Stromberg pressure carburettor, which allowed more precise metering of the amount of fuel used by the engine and prevented the problem of fuel starvation.

Van Patrick

Telecast live from Braves Field in Boston, it was shown aboard the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Marylander passenger train travelling between Washington, D.C. and New York City using a receiver operated by Bendix Corporation technicians.

Victor William Kliesrath

Victor William Kliesrath (May 27, 1880 - December 21, 1939) was vice president of Bendix Corporation and the inventor of the Bragg-Kliesrath brake with Caleb Bragg.


Benjamin S. Blanchard

In 1953 he moved to industry working as engineer in the fields of design, field service, staff and management with Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Sanders Associates, Bendix Corporation, and General Dynamics.

Martin Marietta

In 1982, Martin Marietta was subject to a hostile takeover bid by the Bendix Corporation, headed by William Agee.

Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory

The chamber was constructed in the 1960s by Bendix Corporation for testing of the Lunar rover and was later donated to the University of Michigan in 1982.

Rambler Rebel

The Bendix "Electrojector" electronic fuel injection (EFI) was to be optional on the 1957 Rambler Rebel with a flashy introduction at the Daytona Beach Road Course trials.


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