Editing Arrow Development (section)

===The early years (1945–1953)===
[[File:Joshua Hendy Iron Works museum.jpg|thumb|right|Exterior of Hendy Iron Works (now a museum) in Sunnyvale, 2014.]]
Andy, Bill, Ed and Karl met while working at the [[Joshua Hendy Iron Works|Hendy Iron Works]] in Sunnyvale, CA.<ref name="Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers" />{{rp|131}} The Hendy company had a contract with the US Navy to build [[torpedo launcher]]s and marine steam engines. By 1942, Hendy was building hundreds of marine engines for [[Liberty ship]]s. The number of employees increased to over 11,500 to meet demand. In June 1943, the union began enforcing a four-month ban on overtime, during which all machinists were to quit work after eight hours and refuse to work on Sundays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libcom.org/library/class-conscious-machinists-stormy-petrels-west-coast-labor |title=Class-conscious machinists: "Stormy petrels of west coast labor" |publisher=libcom.org |date=August 22, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2014}}</ref> Hendy responded by announcing that all machinists who refused to work overtime would be discharged.<ref>{{cite news |title=Machinist Dispute Continues at Plant |date=June 27, 1943 |newspaper=San Diego Union |edition=Morning}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dispute Slows Marine Engines |date=June 27, 1943 |newspaper=Seattle Daily Times}}</ref> Both Karl and Ed would recall later that being told to be on the picket line motivated them to start their own company.<ref name="Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers" />{{rp|154, 158}}

Neither Bacon nor Morgan saw active duty in the military, although Ed and his younger brother Eugene enlisted in the [[US Army Air Corps|Army Air Corps]]. Ed was given a deferment based on his employment at Hendy.<ref name="Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers" />{{rp|153}} Eugene was killed in action in the South Pacific on December 16, 1944, while serving with the [[868th Bombardment Squadron]], flying special radar equipped [[B-24 Liberator]]s designed for secret night bombing and escort missions.<ref>Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland.</ref>

During the early years, Arrow Development sold used [[machine tool]]s and made replacement parts for trucks, which were scarce after the war. Their first big job was building test run-in furnaces for the US Navy.  They also performed machining and assembly work for [[Luscombe Aircraft|Luscombe]], [[Hewlett-Packard]] in the 1950s, and the [[Stanford Linear Accelerator Center]] in the 1960s.<ref name="Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers" />{{rp|167, 187, 198}} Arrow helped the [[NASA Ames Research Center]] develop 25 balloon-suspended capsules for [[high altitude research]] with monkeys, in preparation for the [[Project Mercury|Mercury Program]].

Morgan, Bacon, and Schulze are credited with building the [[carousel]] originally installed at [[Alum Rock Park]] in 1947.<ref name="Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers" />{{rp|231;239}}&nbsp;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19960915.1.31 |title=La Selva company builds fun, takes screams to new high |author=Musitelli, Robin |date=September 15, 1996 |newspaper=Santa Cruz Sentinel |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref> By 1950, Arrow Development was known locally for its manufacture of carousels and other small amusement rides.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://brian1.engineer.net/articles/los_altos_town_crier_Arrow.pdf |title=Say, children, did you ever wonder where merry-go-rounds camer from? |date=September 27, 1950 |volume=3 |number=1 |newspaper=The Town Crier |page=1 |location=Los Altos, California |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref>