Aircraft Family Trees edit
Airbus Helicopters Family Tree edit
Medium edit
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| EC225 | EC725 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SA 360 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HH-65 | AS365 | AS565 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EC155 | X3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bo 105 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EC135 | BK 117 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EC635 | EC145 | UH-72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beechcraft Family Tree edit
Twins edit
| 35 Bonanza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 Twin Bonanza | 95 Travel Air | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 70 Queen Air | 55 Baron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 90 King Air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 King Air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 200 Super King Air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 300 Super King Air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cessna Aircraft Family Tree edit
Prewar Aircraft edit
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Postwar Singles edit
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Mikoyan-Gurevich Family Tree edit
Source: Belyakov, R. A.; Marmain, J. (1994). MiG: Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-566-7.
MiG-21F edit
| Ye-6T | MiG-21F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ye-7 | MiG-21P | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MiG-21S edit
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| Ye-7N | MiG-21SM | MiG-21I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MiG-21F-13 edit
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| MiG-21U | MiG-21PF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MiG-21US | MiG-21FL | MiG-21R | Ye-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MiG-21PFM edit
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MiG-23S edit
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| MiG-23UB | MiG-23M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MiG-23MF | MiG-23MS | MiG-23ML | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MiG-23P | MiG-23MLD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MiG-23B edit
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| MiG-23BN | MiG-23BM | MiG-23BK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MiG-27 | MiG-27K | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MiG-25 edit
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| MiG-25PD | MiG-25PDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MiG-25R edit
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| MiG-25RBK | MiG-25RBS | MiG-25RBV | MiG-25RBT | MiG-25RBF | MiG-25BM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Piper Aircraft Family Tree edit
Source: Francis, Devon (1973). Mr. Piper and His Cubs. Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University Press. ISBN 0-8138-1250-X.
Vertical edit
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| L4 | O59 | TG-8 Glider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| L18C-90 | PA18-105/125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| E2 Cub | J2 Cub | O59 | L18C-90 | L21B-135 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J3-40 Cub | PA18-105/125 | PA18A-135 | PA18-150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor Chummy | PA11-90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PA18T Airforce | PA25 150 Pawnee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TG-8 Glider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piper Stinson | PA 25 235 Pawnee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NE-1 Navy Trainer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J3 Clipwing | J3 Cantilever | PA 25 260 Pawnee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piper Stinson | PA28 150 Cherokee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J4-50 | J4E-75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PA-12 Super Cruiser | PA28 140 Cherokee | PA28 140E Cherokee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J5 Cruiser | J5C Cruiser | PA14 Family Cruiser | PA 28 160 Cherokee | PA 28 140 Flightliner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HE-1 Ambulance | PA 28 180 Cherokee | PA 28 120G Cherokee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Optimized edit
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| O-59 | PA-11-90 | TG-8 | NE-1 | J3 Clipwing | J4-50 | J5 | P2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-4 | PA-18-105/125 | J3 Cantilever | J4A-65 | J5C | P4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-18C-90 | PA-18A-135 | J4E-75 | PA-12 | HE-1 | L-14 | PA-15 | PA-17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-21B-135 | PA-18-150 | PA-18T | PA-14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Twins edit
T-6 Family Tree edit
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| NA-26 | NJ | Wirraway | BT-9 | Harvard I | A-27 | NA-50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BC-1 | Boomerang | BT-14 | Harvard II, III, IV | NA-68/P-64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fixed gear, fabric fuselage
Fixed gear, metal fuselage
Retractable gear, metal fuselage
Retractable gear, fabric fuselage
PT-17 Family Tree edit
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| PT-13 (Lycoming R-680) | PT-17 (Continental R-670) | PT-18 (Jacobs R-755) | N2S-1, -3, -4 (Continental R-670) | N2S-2, -5 (Lycoming R-680 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gulfstream Family Tree edit
Yearly edit
Condensed edit
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HA-1112 Survivors edit
- Hangar 10[1][2][3]
- Bank of Utah Trustee[4][5]
- Bank of Utah Trustee (2)[6][7]
- Bank of Utah Trustee (3)[8][9][10]
- Commemorative Air Force[11][12]
- Air Leasing[13][14][15]
- Luftwaffen Museum[16]
- Air Leasing Limited[17][18]
- Fliegerhorst Wittmund Airfield[19]
- Maria Ter Heide[20]
- Bank of Utah Trustee (4)[21][22][23]
- Auto und Technik Museum[24]
- Classic Aviation Ltd[25][26][27]
- 139 – TBD at the Flugmuseum Messerschmitt in Manching, Bavaria.[28][29]
- TBD – TBD at the Flugmuseum Messerschmitt Manching, Bavaria.(2)[30]
- TBD – TBD at The Aircraft Restoration Company in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.[31]
- PoF[32]
Airworthy 109s/Buchon's as of August 2016
Page 33 – The Aircraft-Spotter's Film and Television Companion
Note that the earlier airframe in the MdA has been identified as a HA-1109-H1L,[36] a HA-1112-K1L,[37] and a HA-1109-J1L.[38].
Closed Los Angeles Airports Map edit
WACA/RA/FA
MA/FFF
PSR
BA/PA
SF
AA/WACA
RF/AILF
BA
EF/DF/VF
AA
GA/GCAT
GPA
BF
VF/WAEA/VA
MA/ELAA
CCA
LAM
BRA
GAF
BA/DA
GA
DA/UA/GA/WAA/GVA
RA
HA
BA/CCA
Closed Airports of Los Angeles
USAF Airport Plant Map edit
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North American Aircraft Factory Locations edit
Location Maps edit
Note that although the maps can be difficult to read due to overlap, the coordinates given for the marks are accurate to within around 100 feet of the factory building. When a company has multiple plants, a qualifier has been added in parentheses to the end of the name to distinguish between locations. If multiple manufacturers have used the same location, they are listed in chronological order separated by forward slashes. The map only depicts complete airframe manufacturers and not locations that only make components such as engines. Some of the plants that formerly built entire airframes now only build components. In addition, a recent trend has been to build an airframe in one location and only complete the final "assembly" in another.
Air Tractor
Airbus Helicopters (Assembly)
AgustaWestland
American Champion
Aviat
Basler
Beechcraft (Plant I)
Beechcraft (Plant III)
Bell (Fort Worth)
Bell (Mirabel)
Boeing (St. Louis)
Boeing (Philadelphia)
Boeing (Mesa)
Bombardier
Bombardier Learjet
Cessna
Cessna (Independence)
Cirrus
CubCrafters
Dassault (Assembly)
Embraer (Jacksonville, Assembly)
Embraer (Melbourne, Assembly)
Enstrom
Gulfstream
Kaman (Bloomfield, Assembly)
Kodiak
Lockheed Martin (Fort Worth)
Lockheed Martin (Marietta)
Maule
Mooney
Pilatus (Assembly)
Piper
Robinson
Sikorsky
Van's
Active Aircraft Plants
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Aero Commander
Aeromarine
Aeronca (Cincinnati)
Aeronca (Middletown)
Alexander (Englewood)
Alexander (Colorado Springs)
American Aeronautical
American Aviation (1st company)
American Aviation (2nd company)
American Eagle
Arrow
Babcock
Bach/Kinner/Timm
Barkley-Grow
Beechcraft (Liberal)
Bell
Bellanca
Bendix Helicopter
Berliner-Joyce/North American
Boeing (West Seattle)
Boeing (Wichita)
Boeing Canada
Brantly
Brewster
Budd
Buhl
Burgess (#1, exact location unknown)
Burgess (#2, exact location unknown)
Butler/Luscombe
Canadian
Canadian Car & Foundry
Canadian Vickers
Canadian Vickers/Canadair (Still manufactures parts)
Cessna (Hutchinson)
Champion (Osceola, exact location unknown)
Columbia
Command-Aire
Commuter Aircraft (No aircraft built)
Consolidated
Consolidated Vultee (Allentown)
Consolidated Vultee (New Orleans)
Cub Aircraft (Adams, assembly)
Cub Aircraft (Airport, exact location unknown)
Culver (Exact location unknown)
Curtiss (Churchill)
Curtiss (Garden City)
Curtiss/Consolidated/Bell
Curtiss-Wright (Plant 1)
Curtiss-Wright (Plant 2)
Curtiss-Wright (Louisville)
Curtiss-Wright/McDonnell
Curtiss-Wright/North American/Rockwell (Exact location unknown)
Dayton-Wright (Plant No.1)
Dayton-Wright (Plant No.2)
de Havilland Canada (de Lesseps, exact location unknown)
de Havilland Canada (Downsview)
Doman (Exact location unknown)
Douglas (Chicago)
Douglas (El Segundo)
Douglas (Santa Monica #1)
Douglas (Santa Monica #2)
Douglas (Tulsa)
ERCO
Fairchild (Burlington)
Fairchild (Hagerstown)
Fairchild (Longueuil, exact location unknown)
Fleet (Still manufactures parts)
Fokker (Glen Dale)
Fokker (Passaic, unconfirmed)
Fokker (Teterboro, unconfirmed)
Fowler
Funk (Unconfirmed)
Gallaudet
General Western
Globe
Goodyear
Grumman
Helio
Hiller
Howard (Chicago)
Howard (West Chicago)
Hughes
Inland
International Aircraft (Cincinnati)
Keystone/Fleetwings
Knoll/Beechcraft (Plant II)
Liberty
Lockheed
Loening (Exact location unknown)
Longren (Oakland)
Longren (Topeka)
Luscombe (Garland)
Luscombe (West Trenton)
LWF Engineering
MacDonald Brothers (Assembly)
Martin
Martin/Great Lakes
McDonnell (Memphis, exact location unknown)
McDonnell Douglas
Metal Aircraft
Meyers
Mitsubishi (Assembly)
Mohawk
Monocoupe (Moline, unconfirmed)
Monocoupe (Orlando, unconfirmed)
Monocoupe (St. Louis)
Moreland/Interstate
Morrow (Exact location unknown)
Moth/General Aircraft
Naval Aircraft Factory
North American (Inglewood)
Northrop (Still manufactures parts)
Orenco/Cox-Klemin/Grumman
Piasecki
Piper (Bradford)
Piper (Lockhaven)
Piper (Ponca City)
Pitcairn (Bryn Athyn)
Pitcairn (Willow Grove)
Platt-LePage
Porterfield (Charlotte)
Porterfield (Wabash)
Porterfield (14th)
Queen
Rearwin
Republic (Farmingdale)
Republic (Evansville)
Ryan
Schweizer
Southern
Spartan
Sperry/Fairchild
Springfield (Exact location unknown)
St. Louis (Unconfirmed)
Standard
Stearman/Mooney
Stearman
Stinson
Stout/Ford
Sturtevant
Swallow
Taylorcraft
Thomas-Morse (Brindley)
Thomas-Morse (Hill)
Timm
Victory/Avro/Boeing Canada
Vought (East Hartford)
Vought/LTV (Dallas)
Vultee (Downey)
Vultee (Nashville, still manufactures parts)
Waco (Plant No. 1)
Waco
Wright
Defunct Aircraft Plants
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Aeromarine
Aeronca (Cincinnati)
Aeronca (Middletown)
American Aeronautical
American Aviation (1st company)
American Aviation (2nd company)
American Eagle
Arrow
Barkley-Grow
Bell
Bellanca
Bendix Helicopter
Berliner-Joyce/North American
Boeing (Wichita)
Brewster
Budd
Buhl
Burgess (#1, exact location unknown)
Burgess (#2, exact location unknown)
Butler/Luscombe
Canadian
Canadian Car & Foundry
Canadian Vickers
Canadian Vickers/Canadair (Still manufactures parts)
Cessna (Hutchinson)
Champion (Osceola, exact location unknown)
Columbia
Commuter Aircraft (No aircraft built)
Consolidated Vultee (Allentown)
Cub Aircraft (Adams, assembly)
Cub Aircraft (Airport, exact location unknown)
Culver (Exact location unknown)
Curtiss (Churchill)
Curtiss (Garden City)
Curtiss/Consolidated/Bell
Curtiss-Wright (Plant 1)
Curtiss-Wright (Plant 2)
Curtiss-Wright (Louisville)
Curtiss-Wright/McDonnell
Curtiss-Wright/North American/Rockwell (Exact location unknown)
Dayton-Wright (Plant No.1)
Dayton-Wright (Plant No.2)
de Havilland Canada (de Lesseps, exact location unknown)
de Havilland Canada (Downsview)
Doman (Exact location unknown)
Douglas (Chicago)
Douglas (Tulsa)
ERCO
Fairchild (Burlington)
Fairchild (Hagerstown)
Fairchild (Longueuil, exact location unknown)
Fleet (Still manufactures parts)
Fokker (Glen Dale)
Fokker (Passaic, unconfirmed)
Fokker (Teterboro, unconfirmed)
Funk (Unconfirmed)
Gallaudet
Goodyear
Grumman
Helio
Howard (Chicago)
Howard (West Chicago)
Inland
International Aircraft (Cincinnati)
Keystone/Fleetwings
Knoll/Beechcraft (Plant 2)
Loening (Exact location unknown)
Longren (Oakland)
Longren (Topeka)
Luscombe (West Trenton)
LWF Engineering
MacDonald Brothers (Assembly)
Martin
Martin/Great Lakes
Metal Aircraft
Meyers
Mohawk
Monocoupe (Moline, unconfirmed)
Monocoupe (St. Louis)
Moth/General Aircraft
Naval Aircraft Factory
Orenco/Cox-Klemin/Grumman
Piasecki
Piper (Bradford)
Piper (Lockhaven)
Piper (Ponca City)
Pitcairn (Bryn Athyn)
Pitcairn (Willow Grove)
Platt-LePage
Porterfield (Charlotte)
Porterfield (Wabash)
Porterfield (14th)
Queen
Rearwin
Republic (Farmingdale)
Republic (Evansville)
Schweizer
Spartan
Sperry/Fairchild
Springfield (Exact location unknown)
St. Louis (Unconfirmed)
Standard
Stearman/Mooney
Stearman
Stinson
Stout/Ford
Sturtevant
Swallow
Taylorcraft
Thomas-Morse (Brindley)
Thomas-Morse (Hill)
Victory/Avro/Boeing Canada
Vought (East Hartford)
Vultee (Nashville, still manufactures parts)
Waco (Plant No. 1)
Waco
Wright
Defunct Aircraft Plants
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Aeronca (Cincinnati)
Aeronca (Middletown)
American Aviation (2nd company)
Commuter Aircraft (No aircraft built)
Culver (Exact location unknown)
Curtiss-Wright/North American/Rockwell (Exact location unknown)
Dayton-Wright (Plant No.1)
Dayton-Wright (Plant No.2)
Goodyear
International Aircraft (Cincinnati)
Martin/Great Lakes
Metal Aircraft
Taylorcraft
Waco (Plant No. 1)
Waco
Wright
Defunct Aircraft Plants
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Bach/Kinner/Timm
Consolidated
Douglas (El Segundo)
Douglas (Santa Monica #1)
Douglas (Santa Monica #2)
General Western
Hughes
Lockheed
McDonnell Douglas
Moreland/Interstate
Morrow (Exact location unknown)
North American (Inglewood)
Northrop (Still manufactures parts)
Ryan
Timm
Vultee (Downey)
Defunct Aircraft Plants
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Bach/Kinner/Timm
Douglas (El Segundo)
Douglas (Santa Monica #1)
Douglas (Santa Monica #2)
Hughes
Lockheed
McDonnell Douglas
Moreland/Interstate
North American (Inglewood)
Northrop (Still manufactures parts)
Timm
Vultee (Downey)
Defunct Aircraft Plants
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
Colors indicate primary operator of aircraft produced.
Red = Military, Blue = Commercial, Green = General Aviation
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General References edit
- Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
- Historic Aerials
- WWII U.S. Aircraft Manufacturers – Acepilots.com
- 50,000 Planes – LIFE (Google Books)
- WWII Aircraft Manufacturing Sites – Warbirds and Airshows
- The Plant Finder – Scribd (See page 210)
- Investigation, Disposition of Surplus Property – Google Books (See page 1346)
- The American Industry – Flight Global (See pages 245-256)
- P. A.'s Aviation Trade Directory – Google Books
- Aeronautics Trade Directory – Google Books
- Aircraft Yearbook – Google Books
- The American Aircraft Factory in World War II – Google Books
- Army Air Forces Statistical Digest, 1946. First Annual Number – Defense Technical Information Center (See pages 94-98)
- The Industrial Arts Index Twenty Eight Volume – Internet Archive
National Archives Photographs edit
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Curtiss
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Dayton-Wright
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Willys-Morrow
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Willys-Overland
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Willys-Knight
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Canadian
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Curtiss
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Burgess
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Dayton-Wright
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Martin
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Hayes
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – McCook Field
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – National Cash Register
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Nordyke & Marmon
- Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants – National Archives – Standard
Non-North American Aircraft Factories edit
The following are links to information about aviation related factories that either were located outside of North America or only built airplane components:
- French Aircraft Industry Nationalization – Uncommon Aircraft
- The Tucker Automobile Company Factory, Chicago – Matt Stone Cars
- World War II Archeology in England – Buick Factory History
- Spitfire Production Sites – The Spitfire Makers Charitable Trust
- Surviving Fisher Body Plants - General Motors Corporation in World War Two: Memphis, TN – The American Automobile Industry in World War Two
World War II German Aircraft Plant Map edit
Location Map edit
Locations can be divided into both airframe versus engine plants and main versus subassembly plants.
Mielec
Arado (Warnemünde)[354]
Junkers (Dessau)[355]
Blohm & Voss[356]
Fieseler[359]
Henschel[360]
Erla I[361]
Erla II[361]
Erla III[361]
Erla IV[361]
Heinkel
Heinkel (Oranienberg)[362]
Messerschmitt (Regensburg)[363]
Arado (Wittenberg)[364]
Arado (Rathenow)[365]
Messerschmitt (Augsburg, Werk I)[368]
Messerschmitt (Augsburg, Werk II)[369]
Messerschmitt (Augsburg, Werk III)[370]
Messerschmitt (Augsburg, Werk IV)[371]
Arado (Babelsberg)[376]
World War II German Aircraft Plant Map
References edit
- ARADO - Geschichte eines Flugzeugwerkes (Start)
- Übersicht der Liegenschaften
- The Caves that Held a Secret Hungarian Aircraft Factory During World War II – Gizmodo
- Focke-Wulf Report – AlternateWars.com
- Allgemeine Transportanlagen-Gesellschaft – Wikipedia (German)
- German Aircraft Industry and Production, 1933-1945 – Google Books
- Arado Brandenburg – geschichtsspuren.de
- Produktion der Fw 200 – Fw 200 Restaurierung Bremen
- Messerschmitt-Komplex – Geschichtsagentur Augsburg
- Organigramm der Arado-Werke – Universität Greifswald
- Germany Aviation Industry Map – Never Was
Contemporary Production Ring Maps edit
Entries marked "spider" are spider diagrams.
- Arado[385]
- Arado (Spider)[386]
- Arado (Spider)
- Focke-Wulf
- Focke-Wulf
- Junkers (Ju 88)[387]
- Junkers (Spider, Part 1)[388]
- Junkers (Spider, Part 2)[389]
Locations to Find and Add edit
- Arado: Neuendorf
- Arado: Wittenberg
- Blohm und Voss: Hamburg
- Dornier: Friedrichshafen
- Dornier: Munich
- Gotha: Gotha
- Heinkel: Hinterbrühl
- Horten: Bonn
- Klemm: Böblingen
- WNF: Wiener Neustadt
- BMW: Eisenach
- BMW: Durrerhof
- BMW: Munich
- Bussing NAG: Brunswick
- Daimler-Benz: Genshagen
- Jumo: Magdeburg
- MIMO: Taucha
- Weingut I – never completed
External Links to Archived Aviation Museum Websites edit
The below links may be useful as references for aviation museum articles or lists of surviving aircraft if the current website no longer has the relevant information.
- Virginia Aviation Museum – Museum now closed
- Royal Thai Air Force Museum
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
- Prague Aviation Museum – Current website is much diminished, does not have individual airframe entries
- Museum of Army Flying
- Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
- Aerospace Museum of California
- USS Hornet – Doesn't seem to be any more useful than current website
- National Naval Aviation Museum – Aircraft entries more detailed than current version, however there are fewer aircraft with individual entries
- Peterson Air & Space Museum – Current website lacks aircraft profiles
- Comox Air Force Museum – Current website does not have airframe profiles
- Castle Air Museum (1) – Not very useful, most pages not archived
- Castle Air Museum (2) – Current website does not have dedicated pages for each airframe
- Alberta Aviation Museum – Current website is missing dedicated pages for many airframes
- TAM Museum (1) – Museum since closed
- TAM Museum (2) – Museum since closed
- USS Midway Museum – Website suspended?
- Yankee Air Museum – Current website lacks aircraft profiles
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand – Current website lacks most aircraft profiles
- Italian Air Force Museum – Slightly differently written profiles, profiles written in English, profiles more detailed
- Technikmuseum Speyer – Current website lacks aircraft profiles
- Beechcraft Heritage Museum (1)
- Beechcraft Heritage Museum (2)
- Pima Air & Space Museum
- EAA AirVenture Museum
- Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum (1)
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum (2) – Current website lacks aircraft profiles
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum (3) – This version lacks aircraft profiles
- Alaska Aviation Museum – The current version has far less information about the collection
- Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center
- Carolinas Aviation Museum
- Midland Air Museum
- Eagles Mere Air Museum – The current version lacks individual webpages for each aircraft and, as a result, has far less information about each
- MAPS Air Museum
- Texas Air & Space Museum
- Museo del Aire – Current version lacks dedicated pages
- Indian Air Force Museum – Only a single webpage with very limited information; current version has same content, but different formatting
- Sri Lanka Air Force Museum
- Planes of Fame
- Finnish Aviation Museum (1) – Limited information, no aircraft profiles
- Finnish Aviation Museum (2)
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum (1)
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum (2)
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum (3) – Questionable whether different from previous version
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum (4) – Questionable whether different from previous version
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum (5)
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum (6)
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum (7)
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum (8)
- The Helicopter Museum – Current version lacks aircraft profiles
- Aviodrome – Current version lacks aircraft profiles
- City of Norwich Aviation Museum – Current version lacks aircraft profiles
- Dakota Territory Air Museum – Current version lacks aircraft profiles
- Southern Museum of Flight
- Hill Aerospace Museum – Current website lacks most aircraft profiles
- 8th Air Force Museum – More information than current website
- 8th Air Force Museum – More information than current website
- Barksdale Global Power Museum
- Yorkshire Air Museum
- Museo de la Aviación Naval
- Gatwick Aviation Museum – Current version lacks aircraft profiles
- United States Army Aviation Museum – Current version does not include serial numbers for aircraft
- United States Air Force Museum (1)
- United States Air Force Museum (2)
- National Museum of the United States Air Force (3)
- Aviation Heritage Museum – Current website does not have dedicated pages for each airframe
- Hickory Aviation Museum (1) – Current version has aircraft profiles with much less information about the history of the specific airframes
- Hickory Aviation Museum (2) – Current version has aircraft profiles with much less information about the history of the specific airframes
- Hickory Aviation Museum (3) – Lacks aircraft profiles
- San Diego Air & Space Museum (1)
- San Diego Air & Space Museum (2)
- Hagerstown Aviation Museum – Current version lacks dedicated pages for aircraft profiles, has less content
- War Eagles Air Museum
- Shuttleworth Collection (1) – Current version lacks dedicated pages for aircraft profiles
- Shuttleworth Collection (2) – Current version lacks dedicated pages for aircraft profiles
- National Airline History Museum (1)
- National Airline History Museum (2)
Warbird Article Rough Draft edit
Data plate restorations[390]
Early eccentrics[393]
Note recoveries from Pacific & controversy[394]
Note rise of jet warbirds[395]
- Mention increasing number of former communist warbirds like "Nanchang" CJ-6s and L-39s
- Potential references:[396][397][398]
Note EAA Warbirds of America[395]
Static vs. airworthy debate[399][400]
Restoration companies (e.g. AirCorps Aviation, Gosshawk Unlimited)
History edit
Following the end of World War II, large numbers of surplus military aircraft were made available by the U.S. government for very low prices.[b] Many of these aircraft were purchased for their commercial value and turned into water bombers, aerial sprayers, and executive transports. The low prices attracted less-than-legal operations as well, and a number of aircraft were involved in the smuggling of illegal drugs.[402]
The first organizations began in the southwestern United States, where the large boneyards and many major aircraft manufacturers were located. Specific early centers of focus were the Tallmantz collection at the Orange County Airport and The Air Museum at the Ontario and later Chino Airports.[403][failed verification]
Recoveries of wrecks from the South Pacific caused controversy, as concerns about removal of cultural heritage, profit seeking, and improper handling of human remains were raised.[404][405]
Aviation Museum Article Rough Draft edit
- Note common facilities
- Library
- Restoration hangar/reserve collection
- Aircraft simulators (rides)
- Potentially separate article into sections according to aviation, space, and military subgroups
- Indoor vs. outdoor
- "Many aerospace museums display some or all of their aircraft outdoors. Due to the deterioration weather causes on the airframes a common goal of museums is to build hangars to display the aircraft indoors."[406]
- Engraved brick memorial fundraisers
- "Due to the size of their artifacts, aviation museums have a much greater need for space than many other museums."
- Cockpits extending outside of buildings
- Relocated control tower cab exhibits
- e.g. Air Force Flight Test Museum, Air Mobility Command Museum, Alaska Aviation Museum, McChord Air Museum
- Compare with restoration of tower building at Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and reconstructions of World War II 8th Air Force control towers at various museums
- Open cockpit days
- Restoration programs
- Volunteers
- Aviation and powerplant certification requirement
- Multiple locations
- e.g. National Air and Space Museum, Planes of Fame Air Museum, Yanks Air Museum
- Due to size of aircraft or collection?
- Military museums moving to edge of base to allow public access
- Visiting aircraft
- e.g. Lone Star Flight Museum[408], Warhawk Air Museum
- These are similar to shared collections in that they are not owned by the museum, but differ in that they do not travel to another display location. They are also not owned by another museum, but an individual.
- Co-located restoration shops
- e.g. Fagen Fighters WWII Museum/Fagen Fighters Restoration, Military Aviation Museum/Fighter Factory, Planes of Fame Air Museum/Fighter Rebuilders, National Museum of World War II Aviation/WestPac Restorations
- These are distinguished from other restoration shops at aviation museums in that they maintain a separate identity and often operate as independent organizations.
- Shared collections
- e.g. Palm Springs Air Museum/Planes of Fame East Museum, Dakota Territory Air Museum/Texas Flying Legends Museum, Lone Star Flight Museum/Vietnam War Flight Museum
- These aircraft spend part of their time at one museum and part of their time at another. They are distinguished from cases of aviation museums with multiple locations in that they are owned by different organizations. Note that this only applies to flyable aircraft, as those on static display cannot be easily moved between locations.
- "Wings and Wheels"
- Cutaway engines
- F-104 gate guardians on poles, F-111 escape capsules, KC-97 cockpits
- Memorial brick pavers
- Challenge coins
- Wrecked aircraft exhibit
- e.g. Sunken Treasures exhibit at the National Naval Aviation Museum[413], Lockheed Hudson at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre[414], A6M at the Pacific Aviation Museum[415], Ghosts of the Tundra exhibit at the Wings Museum[416]
- Often used to display aircraft too damaged or corroded to repair
- Often displayed in "as found" diorama
- Contrast with "collections of parts" found by aviation archaeologists, as wrecked aircraft exhibits are generally more intact and focus on a single airframe
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Categories edit
- By location
- e.g. Northern Tier, Socal, Western USAFM system airparks?
- By origin
- By focus
- By network[417]
History edit
The first aviation museums were often collections of military equipment seized in the aftermath of a war. After the aircraft exhausted their purpose as sources of analysis, they were kept as engineering curiosities.[c]
A large growth in aviation museums began after World War II, as large numbers of cheap surplus military aircraft entered the market. This allowed private individuals to found their own museums, whereas before aviation museums had largely been the domain of governments. However, governments did not completely ignore the subject and large national collections were created through the efforts of Hap Arnold in the United States and the Air Historical Branch in Britain. The former would form the nucleus of the National Air Museum and the latter the Royal Air Force Museum.[418][failed verification]
With the start of the Space Age, many aviation museums expanded to cover space history as well – in the process becoming aerospace museums.
The 1990s: Base Closures edit
As the Cold War began to wind down, the federal government realized that it could not maintain the huge number of military bases across the country. As a result, the Base Realignment and Closure commission was established to determine which bases were redundant or excess to military needs. Starting in 1988 and continuing through 1995, over 150 facilities were closed or merged.
The closure of such a large numbers of military bases led to a flood of small aviation museums and "base heritage centers" being established in the 1990s, as base communities formed groups to solidify their legacies.
It also resulted in a number of museums that were part of the Air Force Museum system going private, as the USAF does not maintain museums on non-military bases.
Airline Timelines edit
- A CHRONOLOGY OF OLD FRONTIER AIRLINES AND ITS PREDECESSORS – Old Frontier Airlines
- Frontier Chronology – Old Frontier Airlines
- Airline Dev – Yesterday's Airlines
- Significant Aviation History – Distinctive Church Collection
- Departed Wings
- Airlines of Massachusetts 1926-1950 – Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society
- List of Airlines – Airline Timetable Images
- Airline Genealogical Trees – Airline History
Air Transport Services Group Timeline edit
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Timeline edit
Delta Air Lines Timeline edit
Kalitta Air Timeline edit
List of surviving Messerschmitt Bf 109s edit
Australia edit
- On display
- 163824 – Bf 109 G-6 on static display at the Australian War Memorial in Campbell, Australian Capital Territory.[419]
Canada edit
- On display
- 10132 – Bf 109 F-4 on static display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.[420]
Finland edit
- On display
- Bf 109 G-2 forward fuselage on static display at the Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa, Uusimaa.[421][422]
Germany edit
- On display
- Bf 109 G-2 on static display at the Aviation Museum Hannover-Laatzen in Laatzen, Hanover.[423]
- 790 – Bf 109 E-3 on static display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Bavaria.[424][425]
- Bf 109 on static display at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin.[426]
Poland edit
- On display
- 163306 – Bf 109 G-6 on static display at the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków, Lesser Poland. It is on long term loan from the Polish Eagles Foundation and is made up of almost 80 percent original parts.[427][428]
Serbia edit
- On display
- 741702 – Bf 109 G-2 on static display at the Aeronautical Museum Belgrade in Surčin, Belgrade.[429]
South Africa edit
- On display
Switzerland edit
- On display
United Kingdom edit
- Airworthy
- 3579 – Bf 109 E-4 airworthy at the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar in Bromley, London.[430]
- On display
- Bf 109 E-3 on static display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.[431]
- 4101 – Bf 109 E-3 on static display at the Royal Air Force Museum London in London.[432][433]
- 10639 – Bf 109 G-2 on static display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford in Cosford, Shropshire.[434][435]
United States edit
- Airworthy
- Bf 109 E-3 airworthy at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington.[436]
- On display
- 160756 – Bf 109 G-6/R3 on static display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.[437]
- Bf 109 G-10 on static display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.[438]
Piper Aircraft Distributors in 1941 edit
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North American Aircraft Company Timelines edit
General References edit
- Open Corporates
- A Chronicle of the Aviation Industry in America, 1903-1947 – HathiTrust
- The Aviation Industry – HathiTrust
- The Aircraft Manufacturing Industry: Present and Future Prospects – HathiTrust
- Climb to Greatness: The American Aircraft Industry, 1920–1960
- Pushing the Envelope: The American Aircraft Industry
- Financial Handbook of the American Aviation Industry, July 1929 – HathiTrust
- American Aviation Directory: Aviation Officials and Companies, United States, Canada, Latin America, Africa, Europe and Australasia[1]
- Aircraft Year Book – Aerospace Industries Corporation
Academic Papers edit
- International Bibliography of Business History – Google Books (See pages 141-147)
- American Aircraft Industry: On the Brink – ResearchGate
- Complexity and the Aerospace Industry: Understanding Emergence by Relating Structure to Performance using MultiAgent Systems – Jonathan Gabbai (See page 32)
- Taking Off: The Politics and Culture of American Aviation, 1920-1939 – University of Tennessee
- High Frontier: A History of Aeronautics in Pennsylvania – Internet Archive (Requires borrowing via CDL)
- The History of the American Aircraft Industry: An Anthology – Internet Archive (Requires borrowing via CDL)
- Financial Problems of the American Aircraft Industry, 1906-1940 – JSTOR (Requires database access)
- The Naval Aircraft Factory, the American Aviation Industry, and Government Competition, 1919-1928 – JSTOR (Requires database access)
Allison Timeline edit
History of Allison edit
- Name Changes
- Indiapolis Speedway Team Company – 1913[440]
- Allison Speedway Team Company – 1917[440]
- Allison Experimental Company – 1918[440]
- Allison Engineering Company – 1919[440]
- Allison Engineering Company, General Motors Corporation – 1929[440]
- Allison Division, General Motors Corporation – 1934[440]
- Allison Engineering Division, General Motors Corporation – 1937[440]
- Allison Division, General Motors – 1939[440]
- Allison Engine Company – 1993[440]
- Allison Engine Company, Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group – 1994[440]
Bendix Timeline edit
History of Bendix edit
- Bendix Aviation Corp. (General File) – Smithsonian Institution
- Annual and Interim Reports, Bendix Aviation Corp. – Smithsonian Institution
- 1932 Bendix Aviation Corporation Annual Report, Aviation History, Early Airplane Parts Company Advertising, American Company Histories – Etsy
Boeing Timeline edit
History of Boeing edit
- Munitions Industry – Google Books (See pages 13746-13747)
- Aviation Corporation: The Aviation Corporation Annual Reports: 1929, 1933–1939, 1941–1946 – Internet Archive
- Convair: The Pomona Progress Bulletin from Pomona, California · 35 – Newspapers.com
- North American: Aero – Digest – Internet Archive
Curtiss-Wright Timeline edit
History of Curtiss-Wright edit
- Munitions Industry – Google Books (See pages 691-694)
- Aeronautics – Google Books (See pages 75, 86)
- Air Transportation – Google Books (See pages 1, 12; section 5)
Fairchild Timeline edit
History of Fairchild edit
- Farmingdale Local History: Aviation – LibGuides
- Aero – Digest – Internet Archive
- Fairchild Industries, Inc. Collection, 1919-1980 – Smithsonian Institution
Honeywell Aerospace Timeline edit
Lockheed Martin Timeline edit
History of Lockheed Martin edit
- Lockheed: The People Behind the Story – Google Books (See page 44)
- Of Men and Stars: Chapter 1 – Homefront Page (Replace last digit before filename extension for other chapters)
Northrop Grumman Timeline edit
History of Northrop edit
- Northrop: An Aeronautical History – Google Books
- Northrop Grumman: A Company of Legacies and Logos – Northrop Grumman
- Name Changes
- The Avion Corporation – 1928-1929 – 4515 Alger Street, Los Angeles, California[442]
- Northrop Aircraft Corporation (Subsidiary of United Aircraft & Transport Corporation) – 1929-1931 – Factory at United Airport in Burbank[442]
- The Northrop Aircraft Corporation (Subsidiary of Douglas Aircraft) – 1931-1937 – Factory at Los Angeles Municipal Airport (Mines Field)[442]
- Northrop Aircraft, Inc. – 1939-1959 – Hawthorne, California[442]
Raytheon Technologies edit
United Technologies Timeline edit
Raytheon Timeline edit
Sperry Timeline edit
History of Sperry edit
Textron Aviation Timeline edit
History of Textron Aviation edit
- Aerospace Technologies of Bell Aircraft Company: A Pictorial History (1935-1985) – Google Books (See pages 3-6)
Vought Timeline edit
History of Vought edit
- The Rise and Fall of the Conglomerate Kings – Google Books (See pages 77-99)
- Chance Vought/LTV History – University of Texas at Dallas
List of Late 1920s–Early 1930s Conglomerates edit
- Aviation Corporation
- Curtiss-Wright
- Detroit Aircraft Corporation
- Fairchild Aircraft
- General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation
- United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
General References edit
- Aero – Digest – Internet Archive
- Aviation Week 1929-12-07 – Internet Archive
- Aviation Week 1930-01-25 – Internet Archive
List of Unconnected Companies edit
The following companies are distinct and separate entities from later companies sharing the same name:
- Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company/Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company – 1912-1921
- Avion Corporation/Northrop Aircraft Corporation – 1928-1929-1931
- Northrop Aircraft Corporation – 1931-1937
- J.S. McDonnell & Associates – 1928
- Ryan Airlines/B.F. Mahoney Aircraft Corporation/Mahoney Aircraft Corporation/Mahoney-Ryan Aircraft Corporation/Ryan Aircraft Corporation – 1925-1929[443]
- Stearman Aircraft Corporation – 1926
- Davis-Douglas Company – 1920
- Gallaudet Engineering Company/Gallaudet Aircraft Company – 1908-1923
- Glenn L. Martin Company – 1912-1916
- Mooney Aircraft Corporation – 1929/1930 or 1931
- E.M. Laird Aviation Company/E. M. Laird Airplane Company – 1920 & 1923
Chief Test Pilots by Company edit
Note that some chief test pilots are titled "Chief Engineering Test Pilots", likely to distinguish them from chief production acceptance test pilots or chief test pilots of individual plants.
Note that some of the dates are not necessarily when the pilot started in his position, only when they were confirmed to have had the job.
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| ACE | |
| Joseph A. Meehan[444] | 1931 |
| Aeronca | |
| Lou Wehrung[445] | 1943 |
| Allison | |
| "Pinky" Grimes[446] | 19XX |
| B. T. Hulse[447][448] | 1945 |
| American Eagle | |
| Larry D. Ruch[449] | 1930 |
| Beechcraft | |
| Ray C. Barker[450] | 1930s |
| H. C. Rankin[451] | 1941 |
| Vern L. Carstens[452][453][454] | 1941?-1956? |
| Bell | |
| Homer Berry[455] | 19XX-19XX |
| Robert M. Stanley[456] | 1942 |
| Jack Woolams[457] | 1943 |
| Alvin M. Johnston[458] | 1946? |
| Jean L. Ziegler[459] | 1953 |
| Bellanca | |
| George W. Haldeman[460] | 1929 |
| Stuart Chadwick[461] | 19XX-1933 |
| Boeing | |
| Edmund T. Allen[462] | 1940 |
| Alvin M. Johnston[463] | 1955 |
| S.L. Wallick Jr.[464] | 19XX-1986 |
| Brewster | |
| Woodward Burke[465] | 1939-1944 |
| Buhl | |
| Jack Story[466] | 1931 |
| Cessna | |
| Woods Rogers[467] | 1930 |
| Mort Brown[468] | 1972 |
| Columbia | |
| John M. Miller[469] | 1943-1945 |
| Consolidated | |
| William B. Wheatley[470] | 1931-1941 |
| Convair | |
| Geo S. Oberdorf[471] | 1945 |
| Russell R. Rogers[472] | 1947 |
| Beryl A. Erickson[473][474] | 1952 |
| Richard L. Johnson[475] | 1953 |
| Donald P. Germeraad[476] | 1959 |
| Culver | |
| Don Walters[477] | 1940 |
| Cunningham-Hall | |
| Paul D. Wilson[478] | 19XX |
| Curtiss | |
| Roland Rohlfs[479] | 1919? |
| Temple N. Joyce[480] | 1919? |
| Bert Acosta[481] | 1921 |
| Charles S. Jones[482] | 1924 |
| Curtiss-Wright | |
| Earl K. Campbell[483] | 19XX-19XX |
| Jimmy Collins[484] | 19XX-19XX |
| William J. Crosswell[485] | 19XX-19XX |
| H. Lloyd Child[486] | 1940 |
| E. E. Elliot[487] | 1943 |
| Herbert O. Fisher[488] | 19XX-19XX |
| Dare | |
| Tom Mitchell[489] | 1929 |
| Dayton-Wright | |
| Howard Rinehart[490] | 1920 |
| Douglas | |
| Carl A. Cover | 1930 |
| E. H. Veblen[491] | 1938 |
| John W. Cable[492] | 19XX-1939 |
| John F. Martin[493] | 1948 |
| William M. Magruder[494] | 1961 |
| Fairchild | |
| Richard A. Henson[495][failed verification] | 1947 |
| Howard W. Nelson[496] | 19XX-1977 |
| Fisher Body | |
| B. T. Hulse[497] | 1944 |
| Fokker (America) | |
| Hugh Wells[498] | 1928 |
| Ford | |
| Harry Brooks[499] | 19XX-1928 |
| Leroy Manning[500] | 19XX-1931 |
| Globe | |
| Ted Yarbrough[501] | 19XX-19XX |
| Goodyear | |
| Don Armstrong[502] | 1945 |
| Grumman | |
| Seldin Converse[503] | 1943 |
| Robert K. Smyth[504] | 1967-19XX |
| Charles A. Sewell[504] | 1971-19XX |
| Heath | |
| Merle Lambert[505] | 1931 |
| Hiller | |
| Frank W. Peterson[506] | 1949 |
| Huff-Daland | |
| Luke Christopher[507] | 1925 |
| Interstate | |
| E. G. Kidwell[508] | 1941 |
| Kaiser-Fleetwings | |
| William Harry Engle[509] | 19XX-19XX |
| Kellett | |
| John M. Miller[510] | 19XX-19XX |
| Keystone | |
| Stanley Jacques[511] | 1928 |
| Kreider-Reisner | |
| Clyde Gault[512] | 1928 |
| Laird | |
| Ewing Brierly[513] | 1928 |
| Lincoln | |
| Malcom S. Smith[514] | 1930 |
| Lockheed | |
| Wiley H. Post[515] | 19XX-1929 |
| Herbert J. Fahey[516] | 1930 |
| W. H. Catlin[517] | 1930 |
| Marshall E. Headle[515] | 1929-19XX |
| Milo G. Burcham | 19XX-1944 |
| Anthony W. LeVier | 19XX-19XX |
| Herman R. Salmon | 19XX-19XX |
| Mahoney | |
| J. J. Herrington[518] | 1928 |
| Martin | |
| Edward R. Fenimore[519] | 19XX |
| William K. Ebel[520] | 1942 |
| McDonnell | |
| Ed E. Elliot[521][522] | 1944 |
| Woodward Burke[523] | 19XX |
| Robert Edholm[524] | 1949 |
| Robert C. Little[525] | 1953 |
| John E. Krings[526] | 1962 |
| McDonnell Douglas | |
| Irv Burrows[527] | 1972 |
| Herman H. Knickerbocker[528] | 1978-19XX |
| Mono | |
| Verne Roberts[529] | 1929 |
| Moth | |
| Ronald Smith[530] | 1929 |
| Al Krapish[531] | 1929 |
| North American | |
| Paul B. Balfour[532] | 19XX-1941 |
| Robert C. Chilton[532] | 1941-19XX |
| George S. Welch[533][534] | 1947?-1953? |
| Joel R. Baker[535] | 1954 |
| Albert S. Crossfield, Jr.[536] | 1955 |
| Richard M. Wenzell[537] | 19XX-19XX |
| Edward A. Gillespie[538] | 1964-19XX |
| Robert W. Fero[539] | 1966-19XX |
| Northrop | |
| G. H. Irving[540] | 1936 |
| Vance Breese | 1941 |
| John W. Myers | 1941 |
| Lewis A. Nelson[541] | 1952 |
| Henry E. Chouteau[542] | 1972 |
| Richard G. Thomas[543] | 1982 |
| Darrell E. Cornell | 19XX-1984 |
| Northrop Grumman | |
| Troy Johnson[544] | 19XX-19XX |
| Packard | |
| Walter Lees[545] | 1930 |
| Piper | |
| Thomas Heffner[546] | 19XX |
| John Patrick[547] | 19XX-1979 |
| Pitcairn-Cierva | |
| James G. Ray[548] | 1931 |
| Pratt & Whitney | |
| Lewis A. MacClain[549] | 1931 |
| Republic | |
| George W. Burrell[550] | 19XX-1942 |
| Lowery L. Brabham[551][552] | 1942 |
| Joseph Parker[553] | 19XX-19XX |
| Thomas Mason[554] | 1958 |
| Ryan | |
| Robert Kerling[555] | 19XX-1944 |
| Al Conover[556] | 1945 |
| Sikorsky | |
| Boris Sergievsky[557] | 1936 |
| Jimmy Viner[558] | 1945? |
| Spartan | |
| William Welborn[559] | 1929 |
| Star | |
| Art Mills[560] | 1930 |
| Stearman | |
| Fred Hoyt[561] | 1928 |
| Stinson | |
| Al Scharn[562] | 1943 |
| Swallow | |
| Jay Sadowsky[563] | 1928 |
| L. H. Connell[564] | 1928 |
| Taylorcraft | |
| Ray Kirschler[565] | 1951 |
| Thomas-Morse | |
| P. D. Wilson[566] | 19XX |
| Travel Air | |
| Clarence E. Clark[567] | 1925-1930 |
| Vega | |
| Charles Langmack[568] | 1942 |
| Vought | |
| Paul S. Baker[569] | 1935 |
| Lyman A. Bullard, Jr.[570] | 1943 |
| W. Paul Thayer | 1949 |
| John McGuyrt[571] | 1954 |
| John W. Konrad[572] | 1955 |
| Vultee | |
| Frank Davis[573] | 1942 |
| Waco | |
| Freddie Lund[574] | 1927-19XX |
| Wright | |
| Clarence D. Chamberlin[575] | 1927 |
| Leon Allen[576] | 1929 |
| Yunker | |
| Harold McCrary[577] | 1929 |
Plant Test Pilots edit
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Boeing | |
| Pat Howard[578] | 1943 |
| Curtiss-Wright | |
| Barton T. Hulse[579] | 1941 |
| Harvey Gray[580] | 1943 |
| Martin | |
| Fred M. Bryant[581] | 1943 |
| North American | |
| Vern T. Irons[582] | 1942 |
| Raymond B. Quick[583] | 1942 |
| Republic | |
| Victor F. Pixey[584] | 1942 |
| Edmond B. Belches[585] | 1942-1943 |
| Vultee | |
| Howard Kincheloe[586] | 1943 |
Non-Airframe Manufacturing American Aerospace Companies edit
Accessories (Engine) edit
Accessories (Other) edit
Connectors and Fasteners edit
- Camloc
- Cannon
- Cherry
- Cleveland Pneumatic Tool
- Dzus
- Tinnerman Products (Move content from Speed nut article)
Engines edit
Instruments edit
Propellers edit
General References edit
Aerospace Manufacturer Company Histories edit
This section includes only official histories written by or for the companies themselves.
- A History of Eastern Aircraft Division – Eastern Aircraft
- A Pictorial Review of United Aircraft Corporation at War – United Aircraft
- Allison War Album (Part 1) (Replace last digit before filename extension for other parts, alternate version) – Allison
- Blades for Victory – Aeroproducts
- Great Engines and Great Planes – Chrysler
- Flight Plan for Tomorrow: The Douglas Story – Douglas
- Grumman at War – Grumman
- Martin: Aircraft of Today and of the Future – Martin
- Of Men and Stars: Chapter 1 – Homefront Page (Replace last digit before filename extension for other chapters) – Lockheed
- Plants, People, Planes – North American
- Seven Decades of Progress – GE Aviation
- The Power House of Aviation: A Trip Through Wright Aeronautical Corporation – Wright
- Wings for the Navy – Vought
Similar Documents edit
- Aro Equipment Corporation, Bryan, Ohio
- Republic Aviation Corporation Indiana Division Supervisory Dinner
- Republic Thunderbolt: Designed to Fight in the Stratosphere
Non-Aerospace edit
Standard Flying Training Stages for Pilots edit
B-36 Variant Table edit
| Model | Design G.W. (LBS) |
Pressurized Crew Compartments |
Crew | Engineer's Station |
Recip Engines |
Wing Fuel Tanks |
Gun Turrets |
Bomb Bays |
Bombing System |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-36D | 357,500 | 2 | 15 | Single | R4360-41 | 8 | 8 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| B-36D-II | 357,500 | 2 | 15 | Single | R4360-41 | 8 | 8 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| B-36D-III | 357,500 | 2 | 13 | Single | R4360-41 | 8 | 1 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| B-36F | 357,500 | 2 | 15 | Single | R4360-53 | 8 | 8 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| B-36F-II | 357,500 | 2 | 15 | Single | R4360-53 | 8 | 8 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| B-36F-III | 357,500 | 2 | 13 | Single | R4360-53 | 8 | 1 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| B-36H | 357,500 | 2 | 15 | Dual | R4360-53 | 8 | 8 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| B-36H-II | 357,500 | 2 | 15 | Dual | R4360-53 | 8 | 8 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| B-36H-III | 357,500 | 2 | 13 | Dual | R4360-53 | 8 | 1 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| B-36J-III | 410,000 | 2 | 13 | Dual | R4360-53 | 10 | 1 | 4 | K( ) & Universal |
| RB-36D & E | 357,500 | 3 | 22 | Single | R4360-41 | 8 | 8 | 2 | Conv. & Universal |
| RB-36D & E-II | 357,500 | 3 | 22 | Single | R4360-41 | 8 | 8 | 3 | Conv. & Universal |
| RB-36D & E-III | 357,500 | 3 | 19 | Single | R4360-41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | Conv. & Universal |
| RB-36F | 357,500 | 3 | 22 | Single | R4360-53 | 8 | 8 | 2 | Conv. & Universal |
| RB-36F-II | 357,500 | 3 | 22 | Single | R4360-53 | 8 | 8 | 3 | Conv. & Universal |
| RB-36F-III | 357,500 | 3 | 19 | Single | R4360-53 | 8 | 1 | 3 | Conv. & Universal |
| RB-36H | 357,500 | 3 | 22 | Dual | R4360-53 | 8 | 8 | 2 | Conv. & Universal |
| RB-36H-II | 357,500 | 3 | 22 | Dual | R4360-53 | 8 | 8 | 3 | Conv. & Universal |
| RB-36H-III | 357,500 | 3 | 19 | Dual | R4360-53 | 8 | 1 | 3 | Conv. & Universal |
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Australia edit
Germany edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ Stearman designations starting with the Model 70 should be understood as incorporating a hyphen between the last and second to last digit. e.g. “Model 7-0”
- ^ One of the most extreme examples occurred in 1946, when Tallmantz Aviation purchased 475 mostly bomber aircraft for just over $55,000.[401]
- ^ This included a collection of aircraft assembled by the Engineering Division at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. This collection would eventually become the United States Air Force Museum.