The Model G was the creation of Allan and Malcolm Loughead, two of three brothers of whom all shared a passion for aviation. After several nasty incidents with Curtiss Pushers, Allan wanted to design his own plane, and recruited Malcolm to help. They didn't posses enough money to completely fund the project, and so they sought investors and created the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company.

Later on, the brothers saw the Panama-Pacific exposition as an opportunity to recoup their investment, and maybe even turn a tidy profit. They bought the Model G out from the other investors and went on to earn enough money during the exposition to set up the Lockheed Aircraft Manufacturing Company - the first of several company iterations that would end with the merging between Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta to form Lockheed-Martin.

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