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Interstate Aircraft & Engineering Corp. organized April 1937, El Segundo (LA), with fresh management August 1938. Produced mainly components and equipment, but in 1940 flew Cadet tandem cabin monoplane, developed…
Invincible Aircraft Corp. formed by Invincible Metal Furniture Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1929. One product, 4-seat high-wing cabin aircraft.
G.S. Ireland was sales engineer for Curtiss. When in 1926 supplies of Jennies, Standards and Canucks ran out he decided to form Ireland Aircraft Inc., at Curtiss Field, Garden City,…
Irwin Aircraft Co. registered 1916 at Corning, CA. First product M-T ultralight biplane, developed through M-T-2 and C-C-1, both with 25-hp Irwin engine and produced to 1929.
Jacobs Aircraft Engine Co., established 1929 at Pottstown, PA, formed Helicopter Division 1950 and flew simple prototype rig of Model 104 Gyrodyne October 1953.
Jaffe Aircraft Inc., San Antonio, produced but abandoned SA-32T Turbo Trainer (31 May 1989). Comtran and Heli-Air are Jaffe companies.
JAG HELICOPTER GROUP LLC Jag is promoter of the world's first turbine-powered, multi-bladed kit helicopter. Company manufacturing plant at Roseville covers 5,110 m² (55,000 sq ft) and employed 32 people…
Richard J. Jameson, Fullerton, CA, built Gypsy Hawk all-metal single-seater (1972), plans marketed.
Mail pilot William L. Jamieson built 2 racers at Richmond, VA, second (1933) exceeding 300 mph on test. Jamieson's death on night mail route halted testing.
Jamieson Aircraft Co. formed DeLand, Florida, 1947 to develop J-2-L1 Jupiter 3-seater. Renamed (unknown date) The Jamieson Corp., developed Jupiter into Take 1 and finally Model J with conventional (as…
Purchased assets of Navion 1970 but instead of continuing production sold to Cedric Kotowicz, who formed Navion Rangemaster.
Formed at Glendale, LA, 1945 to build VJ-21 Jaybird; taken over by Volmer and flown 1946 as Volmer-Jensen VJ-21.
Javelin Aircraft Co., Wichita, formed by Dave Blanton 1 March 1953 to make simple autopilot, since became famed for fuel systems, conversions of auto (especially Ford) engines and modifications to…
Jeffair Corp. (Geoffrey L. Siers), Renton, WA, flew Barracuda high-speed 2-seater 1975, over 350 being built by 1980.
Jetcraft (USA) Inc., Las Vegas, planned range of Executive Mk I and Mk II based on Vampire Trainer.
Jetcrafters Inc., San Antonio, is Ed Swearingen company formed to market Taurus upgrade of Beech King Air 90.
Johnson Aircraft Inc., Fort Worth, developed Rocket 140 and 185. Reorganized 1947 as Johnson Aircraft Corp., developed Rocket into 4-seat Bullet 125, which in turn built by Aircraft Manufacturing Co.
Johnson Airplane & Supply Co. Inc. established 1922 Dayton, Ohio, among other things rebuilding DH-4 variants; 1923 began production of Hartzell (later of propellers) FC-1 and -2 biplanes; 1926 built…
R.B. Johnson patented circular (disc) wing aircraft 1931, built Uniplane 1934 with 'fuselage' forming deep diameter across underside of circular wing with convex (downsloping) top; flown Harlem Airport, near Chicago,…
Richard H. Johnson’s sailplanes include small number of motorized or self-launch versions.
Jones Aircraft Corp. formed by Ben Jones at Schenectady 1935 to build D-25 biplane, rights having been acquired from Standard. In 1937 produced S-125 and -150 2-seat monoplanes.
JOPLIN LIGHT AIRCRAFT Joplin Light Aircraft manufactures the Tundra and ½ Tun previously produced by Laron Aviation Technologies; it also markets the Suzi-Air engine.
F.A. Joslin, Beaufort SC, built Chiisai Tanyoki 2/3 scale Mitsubishi A6M5 fighter 1969.
Jovanovich renamed Helicopter Engineering Research Corp. Jovair Corporation 1957, developing tandem-rotor JOV-3 into Sedan 4E, and building prototype J-2. Both taken over by McCulloch 1969.
Company formed 1942 by Howard R. Hughes and Henry J. Kaiser to build 3 HK-1 'flying Liberty Ships'. Kaiser withdrew 1944 but Hughes completed 1 Hercules flying boat.
KAMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION Founded 1945 by Charles H Kaman. Developed servo-flap control of helicopter main rotor, initially in contrarotating two-blade main rotors, and still used in SH-2G Super Seasprite four-blade…
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