  REVISED: 5/3/07
Listed here are aircraft about which we found little or no info over the years. Some lack constructors' names or home bases, some have basic descriptions, others have nothing but a mention found in some old magazine or book. Some are ancient, some are recent, some are only paper tigers. Photos appearing on our Aircraft pages are indicated by a "@"
Aeroplane ABM Aeroplane & Automatic Balancing Machine Co. 1910 = ?? Aeroscript Aeroscript Corp (Morris Kamar, Pincus Cashman, Minnie Israel), NYC. 1929 = ?? Aerotek Location unknown. B-1, -1A 19?? (TC A7WE, A8WE) = No data. Aircraft Manufacturing Co 1949: Aircraft Mfg Co, (possibly Ft Worth) TX. 1951: Ended ops. Texas Bullet 1949 - Production of Johnson Bullet. No data. Akers Akers Aircraft, Chicago IL. A-1 c.1930 = ??; Hisso A. [373V] c/n A-1. Alderson F T Alderson, El Centro CA. A-1 c.1930 = ??; 100hp Ryan-Siemens A-7. [X837N]. Alexandria Location unknown. c.1918 = produced 4 flying boats for USN as Briggs F-19 [A2651/2652, A3327, A5024]; no data. Anderson Location unknown. R-1 Rotorplane 19?? = Listing in registrations for [12842] c/n 1. Arco Arco Aircraft Co (fdrs: J T & Richard Arwine), Palo Alto CA. 1930 = 1p sportplane. No data. Ascension Location unknown. 1908 = ?? Associated 1929: Associated Aircraft Co (or Corp), Wichita KS. 1929 = 4pCM. All-metal construction. Ballou-Whitehair (W J) Ballou-(Walter L) Whitehair Aeroplane Co, Portland OR. 1929 = ?? Beal 1926: Ralph Beal, Kansas City MO. 1928: Beal Airplane Mfg Co. (Possibly) 1929: Century Aircraft Co. c.1928 = Confusing and vague data about a series of high-wing monoplanes. Bengston Location unknown. Fliverette c.1920 = Undocumented ultralight [50M]. Bergeson John B Bergeson, no location. 1971 = ?? Bidwell (William Burgess) Bidwell-(Shirley) Yale Aviation Co, Gardiner Airport, Portland OR. Cloud Buster Junior 1931 = [10644]. Listed in regs as Adcox Cloud Buster. Bischof Bischof Airplane Mfg Co, 1520 Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth TX. 1929 = ?? Bishop Ray Bishop, no location. 1972 = ?? Blackburn DeForest Blackburn, St Louis MO. Sportair Coupe 1931 = ??; Ford A. [547N]. Blaski J F Blaski, Chicago IL. Triplane c.1930 = ??, obviously a three-decker; 25hp Henderson. [506K]. Blondin Blondin Safety Aeroplane Co. Location unknown. 1912 = No data. Boden Edward Boden, no location. 1946 = ?? Borchers Lowell J Borchers, Mt Vernon OH. Delta Stingray 1978 = No data or specs; 100hp Continental O-200. [N234LB] c/n/ LB-2. Boston Boston Aeronautical Mfg Co, Boston MA. 1910 = ?? Bounsall (Edward & Curtis) Bounsall Aircraft, Mesquite NV. Prospector 1982 = No data. Bourdin San Francisco CA. c.1910 = No data except for an intriguing mention that this had a motor that "pivoted in front of the machine for steering." Boyd Gary Boyd, no location. 1982 = ?? Boyette Ernest Boyette, San Francisco CA. 1982 = ?? Bradley Curtiss Bradley, Tulsa OK. LRB-1 1931 = Ultralight. 1pOM; 28hp Lawrance. [11913]. Bromon 1987: Bromon Aircraft Corp, Ramey Puerto Rico. 1989: Ended ops. 1987 = Reputed as an attempt to breathe life into the Ahrens AH 404 project, but funding ran out before any recorded production. Brown Brown Aeroplane Co, Baltimore MD. 1911 = 2pOB; ff: 5/17/11 (p: Antony Jannus). Bultzing-Slöwen --- NY. Biplane-Helicopter c.1909 = 1pOB; 35hp pusher with two propellers; span: 15'0" length: 12'9". Described in Jane's as a "tubular frame mounted on four bicycle wheels, which can be geared to the engine if required"this suggests that it was also roadable. Two 6' adjustable helicopter blades, running at 120rpm, were mounted under the lower wings. No performance data found. Burkholdt Fred & Sanford Burkholdt, Minneapolis MN. 1927 = 1pOhwM; 45hp Ford A engine. Displayed at an aero exposition at Minneapolis in 1927, but further info not found. [10424]. Reg [10423] lists a Burkholt with a Cleone engine, but data there are also in short supply. Burlingame Elmer A Burlingame, Boston MA. @ Burlingame Imp (family via Philip L Fletcher) Imp 1909 = 2pOmwM; 30hp Harriman. If not the actual first American monoplane to fly, it was certainly one of the very first. Camasco California Aero Mfg & Supply Co, 441 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco CA. 1911 = Contemporary ads promised production of a biplane and a monoplane by this company that specialized in props, wheels, and other aeronautical specialties, but there is no record of actual planes being built. Canova No location. c.1950 = 1pOmwM "all-wing," No data. Canton-Melcher Allen Canton & J Melcher, Bronx NY. 19?? = No data located on an early 'transatlantic giant' constructed at Classon Point NY. Carnes Joseph R Carnes, Hillsboro IN. 1931 =?? Ford-powered home-built. No data. [10714]. Central Central Aircraft Corp (pres: Preston M Neilson), Keyport NJ. c.1941 = Took over former Aeromarine Co plant and was, as stated in 1942 Jane's: "... engaged in experimental and developmental work as well as ... subassemblies for other manufacturers. Its own experimental work is concerned with the development of high-speed military aircraft and this work has progressed to the point of production of wind-tunnel models." Champion Champion Airplane Co (Lester F Bishop), Chicago IL. 1915 = 2pOB. No data. Charliss-Wendling Charliss-Wendling Automatic Aeroplane Co. Location unknown. 1910 = ?? Chicago c.1911: Chicago Aeroplane Mfg Co, Chicago IL. 1911 - Exhibition biplane, no data. Reported Max Lillie involvement to some unknown degree. Very likely this is the same as the following entry, operating under a different or variant name. Chicago Helicopter Chicago Helicopter Ltd, Chicago IL. @ Chicago Helicopter (Aerial Age via Joe Martin) 1924 = 2pOH; no data. Designed and built by William T Strong. Chickasha Chickasha Aeroplane Co, Chickasha OK. 1911 = ??. Cincinnati Jungclass Automobile Co, Cincinnati OH. Monoplane c.1910 - ?? Culver Charles R Culver, Springfield MA. 1910 = OB pusher, described in 1909 Jane's only as a biplane set on four wheels, with elevator forward and vertical rudder aft. Daedalus Daedalus Research Group, Petersburg VA. GTP-350 1989 = Vectored-thrust turboprop, no data. Daugherty Ralph A Daugherty, Saginaw MI. 1931 = ?? with Salmson engine, very likely kit-built Pietenpols or similars. [75Y] and [12813], both with c/n 6, are either the same plane re-registered, or a mix-up in the records. Davis Davis Aircraft Mfg Co (fdrs: Roy J Davis & J D Langman), 485 28th St, Portland OR. 1928 = Plans were to build 3p, 6p, and 8p sport monoplanes, but it is unknown if production ever got under way. Roy Davis, Bruce Cassel designers. de Haven & Watkins Claude de Haven & A C Watkins, San Francisco CA. c.1909 = OM. No other data except that it had an "A C Watkins' patent equilibrium device." Dietz (Conrad G) Dietz Laboratories, Cincinnati OH. 1925: Dietz Aeroplane Co, 815 Herman Ave/33 Hess St, Dayton OH. 1928: General Aircraft Corp, Cincinnati. Paraplane 1911 = ?? Dorland L S Dorland, San Francisco CA. Helicopter c.1909 = OH; 40hp Curtiss 8. Little data provided by Jane's except for having eight 16-blade 2'0" helices, each enclosed in a separate well, and a total weight of 500# "not including aviator." Downer C L Downer, Salt Lake City UT. Quintuplane c.1910 = No data except there were five wings, then called "planes," front elevators, and no rudder. Other details, according to 1909 Jane's, were "strictly confidential at present." Doyle-Brown 1911: (Herbert Charles) Doyle, Rochester NY. 1923: Doyle-(R M) Brown Motorplane Co, NYC 1911 = 1pOB; unknown tractor. Data scarce, but this was one of the first tractor airplanes built in the US. Motorplane 1923 = ?? Duncan Chares H Duncan, New York NY. 1911 = Two US patents issued 10/3/11: #1,004,558 for a "novel aeroplane," and #1,004,559 for "ailerons operated by the tilting of planes; also variable center of gravity." No motor mentioned. Was it ever built? Durley No location. Durl-E-Aire c.1970 = 1pOhwM parasol. [8866]. Dwight-Lund No location. 1911 = ?? Eaglecraft Eaglecraft Co, Ft Worth TX. 1941 = 2pChwM. Tandem-seat trainer. East Coast East Coast Aeronautics div, Barium Steel Co, no location. c.1944 = Contract manufacture of two Lockheed XF-80Cs using magnesium alloy as experiments in weight reduction. No data. Eaton Eaton Bros, Los Angeles CA. c.1912 = OB; Macomber and other motors. Warren S Eaton designer. One of several aircraft built for others, generally Wright types. Edwards Edwards Common Sense Aeroplane Co, Tell City IN. c.1909 = ?? with Kemp I-4 motor (or motorsthere is mention of two 7' propellers). There is a distinct possibility of a hydroaeroplane in 1914, a conversion of this one or a specific design. Eichmann Ellis Eichmann, no location. A, B c.1946 = 1p and 2p flying-wings. No data. Aerobat 1 c.1937 = 2pOM flying wing; 40hp Continental. [NX17638]. Elkhart Clarence L Stauffer, Elkhart IN. G-1 1931 = ?? home-built with Lambert engine; [11381] c/n 1. Erika Louis Erickson, Springfield MA. Biplane 1910 = OB; 30hp Harriman. Ernst Ernst Flying Machine Co, no location. 1907 = ?? Etheredge W C Etheredge, Spartanburg SC. Trainer 1930 = ??; Chevrolet auto engine [323V]. Falconar --- Canada. 121 Teal (Canada) 1967 = 2pChwMAm; no data. AMF-S14 (Canada) c.1967 = 2pChwM; no data. Farina Farina Aircraft Corp, 690 8 Ave, NYC. 1930 = ?? Fitzsimmons Frank Fitzsimmons, Hempstead NY. Monoplane 1911 = 1pOhwM pusher. Flexible Flexible Aeroplane Co. No location. 1909 = ?? Flying Auto Flying Auto Co. No location. 1909 = ?? Fortier Amilcar E Fortier, New Orleans LA. 1907 = ?? Franklin Deward Franklin, Boulder City NV. @ Franklin (1937 Popular Aviation) c.1936 = Home-built. 2pOlwM. No other data. Froberg Froberg Aeroplane Co, Richmond CA. c.1912 = OBF; 60hp Sturtevant. No other data. Fuller-Thompson --- No location. c.1927 = OB; 90hp Curtiss OX-5. Possible war surplus conversion. [1617]. Funk R R Funk, Cincinnati OH. Experimental c.1930 = 2pOhwM; LeBlond. [X818N]. Geltz Roy K Geltz, Lancaster PA. Bluebird 1935 = 1pOM; 30hp Aeronca. [15916] c/n 6. Deluxe 19?? = ??; Henderson. [790W]. Gillespie G Curtis Gillespie, Brooklyn NY. @ Gillespie Concept art (magazine clip) c.1905 = An early attempt at aircraft design looking more like a collection of barn doors and a boxy control cart being held aloft by seven huge propellers, reported made of metal. How aloft it ever got is unknown as info is lacking. Golasky Adolph Golasky, Rising Sun School of Aeronautics, Collegeville PA. G2-1 1932 = 2pOB; Lee motor. Not much data found on an attractive, Bird-type plane built as a student project. [X11681] c/n G-2-1, owned then by Lee Motors Corp, Collegeville PA. Goodland 1909: Goodland Aviation Co, Goodland KS. 1909 = No recorded data about one aircraft known to have been built. Gould, Content & Loening --- NY. 1909 = OBF; unknown motor; span: 26'0" length (probably the hull): 10'0". Described in 1909 Jane's as "boatlike, intended to rise from water." Bamboo wing frames covered with rubberized cloth. Reported as being built "on the Hudson by aeronautical students at Columbia University." Could be one of Grover Loening's first projects. Harrison No location. KIS-1 19?? = ClwM. [N924C]. Hartzell Hartzell Walnut Propeller Co, Piqua OH and Detroit MI. Model XX 1930 = ?? with Anzani. POP: 1 [803Y]. There were other planes registered in the name of Hartzell besides this, but with no model designations or data, and might have been JN-4 conversions. Hash No location. c.1947 = 2pClwM; v: 100. Side-by-side cabin. Reg [NX75024] reported, but unsubstantiated. Heinz No location. Monoplane c.1939 = hwMF. Twin-booms, twin tails, and nothing else found about this mystery flying boat built by the scion of the Heinz foods company. Gunston's Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers adds, "Heinz Aircraft made several small biplane seaplanes 1924-28 with twin floats directly attached to lower wings." Helle-Franklin Unknown, possibly Marion WS. Helle-Franklin postcard of crash [2519] c.1927 = 2pOB; Hisso A. No other data. Linked photo shows its sad end as "The remains of the big plane that dropped 400 ft at Marion Wis, June 19-27." [2519]. A most bleak subject for a postcard. Hemstreet S Hemstreet, Chattanooga TN. Jessie 1907 = Undescribed entrant in Flying Machine events at 1907 Intl Aeronautic Tournament at St Louis MO (10/21-24/07). Hendrickson no location. Biplane 1909 = 1pOB; 60hp unknown make; span: 40'0". Hervey George H Hervey, San Fernando CA. Travelplane 1947 = 4pChwM; 200hp Ranger. Convertible auto-plane project; no data. Higgins (---) Higgins, Amarillo & Merkel TX. 19?? = No data for [13960] c/n 102 except having a LeBlond engine. Hoff Joseph Hoff, CA. c.1921 = OB with no data. Third place in Sport Plane Races at Los Angeles Speedway 2/27/21. Hoff C D Hoff, Chicago IL. Cabin 1929 = ??; Locomobile auto engine. [575] c/n H-4-2. Italia Italia Airplane Co of Manhattan, NY. 1912 = No data. Possibly same as, or allied with, New York Italian Aircraft Co, also a no-data entry. Jamieson William L Jamieson, Evansville IN and Richmond VA. A 1930 = ?? home-built with Johnson conversion [503V]. Jason No location. XP-52 19?? = Home-built. 1pClwM rg; 125hp Lycoming O-290. Jean Jean Flying Machine Co. No location. Helicopter 1909 = No data other than this had "rectangular frames with helices inside" and a 2-cyl motor. Jones George W Jones, 924 Camp St, Indianapolis IN. Suicide Buggy #1 1933 = 2pOlwM; span: 22'0" length: 17'0" v: 110. Kellis No location. @ Kellis Air-Truck (Boardman C Reed) Air-Truck 19?? = 1pOT drop duster; no data. Kimball (Wilbur R) Kimball Aircraft Corp, Naugatuck CT Beetle 1929 = ?? Klampher G F Klampher, Wichita KS. @ Klampher [492N] (Roy Nagl coll) ?? Klassen San Francisco CA. Gyroplane c.1910 = Jane's: "Girder framework on a runner forward, and two wheels aft. Four 12-sided slightly mushroom planes, carried one on either side right forward and right aft; four chain-driven propellers under each plane." Knabenshue Roy Knabenshue, Los Angeles CA. 1910 = 1pOB; a Wright-type, reportedly with "a Curtiss-type chassis," likely patterned closely on Wright A. Knoll Richard Knoll, Ogallala NB. Z aka Davidson-Knoll 1931 = ??; 30hp Knoll & Martens. [12511]. Kohlruss Christian F Kohlruss, Augusta GA. 1911 = No data found on this US patent #1,005,232 issued 10/10/11 for a "flying-machine with central and side planes arched from side to side, and a combination of rudders." Lake (C J) Lake Submarine Co, Bridgeport CT. c.1909 = One of several classified in 1909 Jane's as an "Air Sucker," described only as having hollow curved surfaces, on which "heated elastic fluid" is discharged, and that "considerable progress has now been made." Lane Lane Automatous Air-Ship Co, San Francisco CA. Helicopter 1908 = Described only as having a single 40'x20' plane in the center of a horizontal screw 16' in diameter. "The screw sucks air from above, compresses it, and discharges it underneath from special cups at 250 times per minute." Jane's reported that Lane flew this for 1.5 miles on 9/8/1908, using only hand- and foot-power, but specs show it having a 36hp motor. Lardin Arthur Lardin, W A McCurdy, E Smith, New Castle DE. AL-1 1934 = 1pOM; 85hp DH Gypsy. Off-hours project by employees of Bellanca Corp. [X12Y] c/n 1. Larsen Herman Larsen, Keasbey NJ. 2-C 1931 = ?? Ford-powered home-built. [769N] c/n 2, Leka Leka Aeroplane Co (Theodor & Thermistocles M Leka, Naum P Mele), New York NY. 1930 = ?? Lindsay no location. 1909 = 1pOB; no engine seen in a photo in Jane'smight have been a glider or possibly was waiting for power to be added. Essentially a four-wheel cart with wings and a front elevator; no specs or data supplied. Ludlow Israel Ludlow, Jamestown OH or Norfolk VA. @ 1905 Ludlow (Leo J Opdyke / Skyways) 1905 = Boxkite-type creation with a motor "weighing 75 pounds" and four 8'0" props mounted in pairs. Flight history, if any, is unknown. 1907 = Undescribed entrant in Flying Machine events at 1907 Intl Aeronautic Tournament at St Louis MO (10/21-24/07). 1908 = ?? with a 22hp Whitehead (Weisskopf) motor, but described as having "six surfaces measuring 22' across." (Data: Nick D'Alto in Skyways #145.) Multiplane c.1912 = Little iknown about this creation by Ludlow with the help of Army soldiers except that it was built from miscellaneous scrap material, including parts of an old boiler. Four V-shaped wings mounted on a frame, and floats attached. It was demonstrated, minus engine, during an exposition, towed by a motorboat, but was badly damaged in the process and never completed. Lundgren Earl Lundgren. No location. 1911 = 1pOmwM. MacDonald Possibly Detroit MI. @ MacDonald Sportflight A [14105] (Leo Opdyke coll/Skyways) Sportflight A 1930 = 2pChwM; 90hp LeBlond; no specs or data found for [14105] c/n 1 Malasomma Malasomma Aeroplane Co. No location. 1910 = ?? Marchetti Emerino Marchetti, Tuckahoe NY. Sport 1930 = Unknown type ultralight with Heath-Henderson. [11038] c/n 500-EM. Martin No location. @ Martin Paraplane (Popular Mechanics) Paraplane 1949 = 1pCM; 40hp Continental A-40. Stubby flying-wing as Burnelli concept. Roadster 19?? = A variation of the preceding, with 65hp Continental, and small, narrow-chord, strut-braced extended wings added. Crashed in testing, reportedly killing its designer. Mason-Bissell Bissell Co, no location. 1910 = OB; 50hp Bissell. Looked to be a close copy of the Wright. Mason described as the company's Master Mechanic. Master Master Aircraft, 315 Passaic St, Rochelle Park NJ. Greyhound 1929 = ?? with Velie M-5; span: 32'0" length: 21'0". Owner reported to CAA that plane was "very unsatisfactory and never used again." POP: 1 [819H] c/n B-1; reg expired 9/1/35. Mathews No location. @ Mathews Midget (1955 EAA Experimenter via Weylon Lyons) Midget 19?? = 1pClwM; 75hp Continental; span: 18'0". No other data. McBride Kenneth McBride, Independence MO. M 1932 = ??; LeBlond. [12528] c/n 1. McCarroll 1927: Cadillac Aircraft Corp (consortium of Detroit businessmen; pres: Inglis M Uppercu, vp: H G McCarroll), Detroit MI. MAC-1 1930 = ??; Cirrus. [815Y]. McCune Elliott R McCune, Wallingford CT. Sport 1931 = ?? with 90hp Cirrus Mk III. [995M]. McMechan Maurice H McMechan, Yakima WA. c.1927 = 2pOB; no data. Claude Hahn, Maurice McMechan. McMechan was a Western Airlines pilot, as well as chief instructor at Yakima Flying Club. 1936 = 2pChwFb; 150hp Hisso A. [13373] c/n 2. AC-2 1932 = ??; 90hp Lambert. [12723] c/n 1. Meyers George F Meyes, Columbus OH. Orthopter c.1906 = ?? Midwest No location. 1, 2 Mercury 1947 = 2pChwM; 65hp Continental C-65 (model 1); 85hp Continental C-85 (model 2); span: 32'0" v: 105 range: 400. Most likely was a post-war version of Naugle Mercury. Actual production of either cantilever-wing model is speculationonly artist renditions were found. Mill Basin Mill Basin Aircraft Corp, Brooklyn NY. Super Gull W-1 1929 = OBFb; Wright J-5. No other data than it was displayed at the 1929 New York Aviation Show. [X440] c/n 5. Accident report of 2/27/29 shows a "J-5 Super Gull" piloted by a William Adcock crash from a "stall after take-off, possibly due to water in hull." Was the "W-1" for a Walden design? SEE Walden-Markey. Miller 1927: Miller Aircraft Co, Wichita KS. 1927 = No data located on one plane reportedly built. Miller E Miller, Genesee ID. B 1929 = ?? [10568]. Milwaukee Vacu-Aerial Navigation & Mfg Co (Dr Rudolph Sylvester?), Milwaukee WI. Model 1 1907 = No data. Entrant in Flying Machine events at 1907 Intl Aeronautic Tournament at St Louis MO (10/21-24/07). Minerva No location. Sport 1934 = ?? [629]. Mitchell Charles R Mitchell, San Diego CA. 1911 = No data found for this US patent #1,005,272 of 10/10/11 for a "hydro-aeroplane." Morak Broadway NY (?); likely NYC. Monoplane 1910 = ??; 30hp Harriman. Morris 1929: Roy Morris Aircraft Co, Topeka KS. 1930: Ended opes. Dove 1929 = 1pOM, no other data [370H] (>same reg as Miller Aerovel). Company was bankrupt by Jan 1930 and the plane "was sold." Morrison (Sylvanus S) Morrison Automatic Flying Machine Mfg Co. Cincinnati OH. 1910 = ?? Mueller No location. Safti-Copter 1946 = 1pCH; 40hp Continental. Fat, little, all-metal, double-rotor, personal helicopter design with no data. Murphy No location. Mouse c.1976 = Possible ultralight. 1pO/ClwM; VW motor; span: 20'0" length: 15'0". Mustach George Mustach, Chicago IL. @ Mustach (Chicago Historical Society coll) 1911 = 1pOB; no data. Curtiss copy appeared at the Grant Park Aviation Meet in Aug 1911. Myers No location Midget 1924 = 1pOB; span: 16'0" v: 90. No other data found on this mini-plane with "V" wing atruts and rigid truss bracing. Nash (Paul) Nash Aircraft Co, Chapin IL. Split Tail 1984 = ?? National National Airplane & Motor Co, 2810 E 11 St, Los Angeles CA. 1940 = ?? National Wingless National Wingless Aircraft Inc, 410 Donner Ave, Monessen PA. 1935 = 1pO?; 90hp Gypsy-Cirrus. No data located on this intriguing "wingless"(?) model. One reference also shows a change to 37hp Continental, a curious drop in power. [15915]. Neuman N-2 19?? = 1pOlwM with folding wings; [N2287D]. Newell Newell Aerial Navigation Co, no location. 1910 = No data, might have been lighter-than-air. New Era New Era Aircraft Corp, Butler PA. Model B 1932 = ??; [12692] c/n 101. New York New York Italian Aeroplane Co, NY. 1910 = ?? Northeast Airways Northeast Airways Inc, 18 Elder St, Schenectady NY; 1931: Amsterdam NY. NA4R 1931 = ??; 90hp ACE (Cirrus). [8V]. Nowoselsky Nowoselsky Brothers, no location. 1911 = OB. No data. O'Connor @O'Connor c.1927 = ?? Ortego Leo Ortego, Alexandria LA. 1927 = 1pOH. A photo shows small propellers at the tips of two of the four rotor blades, but what made those props turn and why? The inventor generously offered half-interest in patent rights and royalties to anyone who could give financial help in furthering development of this early helicopter, but no lines formed at his doorstep. Ostergaard Ostergaard Airplane Works, Chicago IL. 1919 = ??. William A Laird designer. Packard Packard Aircraft Co, Enid OK. 1929 = ?? Palmer 1929: Pan-American Corp (fdr: Joe Palmer), San Antonio TX (found info, not verified). 1929: Southwestern Engr & Mapping Co, Mexia TX. 1929 = 3p ??; three Velies. Joe Palmer. $6,000. Possibly never built. P-3 1929 = Monoplane with 80hp Velie M-5. [X/NC69N]. Relation to the Boston Palmer is also unknown, but possible. Pan-American (?) Pan-American Corp, San Antonio TX. 1929 = 3p tri-motor with Velie engines. Joe Palmer. A mystery ship, if it even existed. This info was found in some reference, but could be confusion with Palmer in Mexia TX and needs further investigation. Parker-Riggs (W D "Billy") Parker-(A B) Riggs Airplane Co, Bartlesville OK. 1928 = ??. Designed specifically for oilfield operations. Peters 1929: (Alva A) Peters Aircraft Co, Salinas CA. c.1931: National Aircraft Builders Corp (NABA), 4053 Harlan St, Emeryville CA. AL-1 1929 = ??; 40hp Ford A. [X845M]. Peterson Peterson Aerial Transportation & Defense Co, no location. 1912 = ?? Phoenix c.1928: Phoenix Aircraft Corp (Charles Roberts, Verle R Seed, Floyd M Stahl), Phoenix AZ. c.1929 = All-metal monoplane with Anzani. Apparently no connection to the previous entry. Archival info from Arizona Corporation Commission indicates formation of company about 1928-29. Potts John Potts, Winchester OH. c.1910 = Biplane Helicopter. No data other than having four rotors (referred to as "propellers"), two on either side of a 30hp motor. Purcell John D Purcell, Chattanooga TN. 1908 = OB; 40hp Purcell two-cycle, four-cylinder. No data. Purcell Sam Purcell, San Rafael & San Francisco CA. 1913 = Two-motored design, type unknown, but this date would indicate it as the first twin ever built in the US. Records are unclear, and there is thought that the ship might have actually been constructed from Purcell's plans by Jay Gage in Glendale CA. However, the Roy Francis plane of the same time and general location (qv), also a twin, could be the same machine, perhaps sold by one to the other, or just a major mix-up by whomever was doing the original documentation. 1916 = 1pOB tractor, in which Purcell set a speed record by flying from San Jose to Sacramento in 40 minutes. 1917 = A cabin aircraft, type unknown, was designed and built in San Francisco, with a celluloid-enclosed cockpit. A claim of Purcell operating the first flying service in the San Francisco Bay Area about this time is challenged by the Christofferson brothers' commercial ventures in 1913-14. However, a documented claim to fame, obloquial as it was, is that in 1922 Purcell was the first California aviator to be arrested for flying without a license. Reiflin Reiflin Headless Aeroplane Co. 1912 = ?? Richardson B F Richardson (possibly Philadelphia PA). 1911 = Monoplane; 25hp unknown engine; span: 28'0" length: 18'0". Robertson Robertson Aircraft Corp, Lambert Field, St Louis MO. RO-154 Rovair 1945 = 4p unknown type. No found connection with Curtiss-Robertson or Curtiss-Wright. Robin Hood Robin Hood (Aerial Age via Joe Martin) c.1916 = Nothing found but a photo of its stall at a 1917 Aero Exposition, which featured what appears to be a mid-wing display model. Robinson James Robinson, no location. Sailair c.1930 = 3pOB; 90hp Curtiss OX-5. [468E]. Rockville Location unknown. c.1927 = 4pChwM; 150hp Hisso A. [3299]. Rogers Hyattsville MD. c.1910 = OM with circular tube fuselage. No other data. San Francisco San Francisco CA. R-1, Flier 1913 = No data except Hall-Scott "80" motor, and flown at Grand Junction CO on 9/23/13 by William Blakeley. Schaap No location Scout c.1914 = 1pOB; 50hp Gnôme rotary. Chance Vought designer. Schad Adolph R Schad, Cleburne TX. c.1927 = All-metal unknown type with a surplus LeRhône rotary was built by Schad, with partners Oscar Ford, Joe Kavecke, and A T Quattlebaum, to prove his patented wing design. Reportedly, later, the government purchased his patent (for what?) Scheusselburg Scheusselburg's Aeroplane Corp. c.1908 = ?? Scientific Scientific Aeroplane & Airship Co, New York NY. c.1908 = ?? Seagrave Marshal T Seagrave, Piedmont (Oakland), CA. 1 19?? = ?? [310H]. Self Self Aircraft Corp, 225 W Lewis, Wichita KS. ?? Sexton Cicero IL. Monoplane 1911 = 1pOhwM. Cantilever wing with underslung ailerons; open-frame fuselage. Shepard F R Shepard, Riverbank CA. c.1928 = Unknown type; 40hp Lawrance. [3278]. Shoemaker-Chanonhouse Saugus MA. c.1913 = 3pOBFb; pusher motor. Silverston No location @ Silverston (Drina Welch Abel coll) Milwaukee #2 c.1910 = No data other than photo caption: "Pendulum system 120hp engine." Simmermon William Simmermon, Williamstown NJ. FS Special 1930 = ??; LeRhône. [774W] c/n S-2. Slinn (James B) Slinn Aeroplane Co, Chillicothe OH. 1911 = 1pOmwM; unknown pusher; no specs found. Tricycle gear; headless monoplane design. Oversize elevator mounted above the wing. Smith Kyle Smith Aircraft Co, Wheeling WV. c.1919: West Virginia Aircraft Co. c.1918 = 1pOB; pusher motor. Twin-tail, headless Wright-type design, with trailing-edge ailerons on upper wing. SEE ALSO West Virginia. Smith H J Smith, Minneapolis MN. June-Bug Aerial Flivver 1922 = 1pOmwM; 30hp 2-cyl engine. Described as "a bathtub with a pole stiking out behind it" and wearing a child's tricycle wheel on its tail. Did it ever fly? Planned maiden flight in mid-May at the State Fairgrounds (some say Curtiss Northwest Airport) was delayed by a balky engine and the tailwheel breaking off, and no further account was found. Smith Smith Airplane Co, Tacoma WA. S-2 1931 = ??; 100hp Curtiss OXX-6. [10606] c/n 1. Sorrenti (S W) Sorrenti Aviation Corp, S F Bay Airdrome, Alameda CA. 1930 = ?? Spear Spear Aircraft Corp, no location. 1929 = ?? Stadtler Location unknown. Triplane 1910 = Three wings forward, three wings aft, span for all: 25'0" length: 40'0". Twin chain-driven pusher props had "variable pitch." No other data. Stevens B Stevens & Sons, Woonsocket RI. 1911 = Monoplane, no data. Stone Edward R Stone, Wichita KS. B-2 1931 = Unknown type. Packard diesel. [568Y]. Strickland (C Kenneth) Strickland Aircraft Corp, High Point NC. 1948 = 5pCmwM; two motors buried in the wings. No data. Doubtful production. Striker Air Striker Aircraft Mfg & Services (fdr: Steve Mahrle), Oshkosh WI. ?? Stroble Stroble Aeronautics. 1911 = ?? Swivel Swivel Buggy & Wagon Co. 1910 = ?? Telfer Richmond VA. 1909 = Multiplane. No specs or data in 1909 Jane's, only that "the top plane is used as a horizontal rudder." Intriguing. Thompson Location unknown. F Boat 191? = Probable conversions of Curtiss F. No data. POP: 5. Thompson Thompson Aircraft Co, Philadelphia PA. Boxmoth 1975 = 2p tandem "flying box-kite." Trautman Herbert Trautman, no location. Road Air 1979 = Flying automobile, a lifting-body concept powered by a Continental C-85 pusher, reportedly did get off the ground briefly to an estimated altitude of three feet, but it was unstable and never asked to fly again. Last heard to be in the Kermit Weeks collection. Triaca Intl School of Aeronautics, no location. 1909 = OB. No data in Jane's except that "Messers. Luttgen & Beckert are connected with the design of this machine." Tublow No info, only a found magazine pic of an strange concept. Twining H la V Twining, Los Angeles CA. Ornithopter 1910 = No data except for having "two lifting screws." Twining was then-president of Aero Club of California. Tyler William B Tyler, Detroit MI. A 1937 = 1pOM; 50hp Ford. [20436]. United Eastern United Eastern Aeroplane Co, 1251 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn NY. A-M Tractor 1917 = 2pOB. Charles H Day designer. Virginia @ Virginia I (postcard) c.1912 = ?? Volante Volante Aircraft Co (fdr: K P Rice), Santa Ana CA. Flying Car - recent twin-boom pusher project. Vought De Witt C Vought, no location. 1911 = No data found for this US patent #1,004,117 issued 9/26/11 for an "aeroplane with car containing motor, etc, free to swing." We wonder what that "etc" was, and why would it swing? Wade Chicago IL. c.1909 = Jane's: "Extraordinary claims have been made for this machine and its applicability to an ordinary motor car, producing the opinion that it is a mere myth. It appears, however, to be in the ordinary category of 'air suckers*,' collecting air in front and above, creating a partial vacuum, and expelling the air behind and below." (*SEE 1909 Lake, 1909 Thompson). Wagner Marney Wagner, no location. V-Witt c.1976 = 1pCmwM; [N4819]. Warren & Young Location unknown. 1937 = 2pO? with two unknown-type tractor-pusher engines, and tandem-wings "in rhomboid form." No other data. Weller-Lusk R C Lusk & R M Weller, Burbank CA. Model 1 1930 = Monoplane with 100hp Kinner apparently was not completed. Reg applied for and issued [334V] c/n EX-1, but cancelled 3/4/30. Wells Eugene W Wells, HI. Shama WWI 1983 = 2pOB. West Coast West Coast Air Service Inc, Portland OR. 1928 = 3pCM. Wichita Wichita Aeroplane Service Co (pres: A A Stafford), Wichita KS. 1919 = ?? Wilcox No location White Ghost 1910 = 2pOB; 60hp Rinek. Wixon H H Wixon, Chicago IL. 1907 = no data. Entrant in Flying Machine events at 1907 Intl Aeronautic Tournament at St Louis MO (10/21-24/07). Wolverine Wolverine Aeronautic Co, Albion MI. c.1911 = Supplier of home-builders' kits and materials featured two OB models with 25hp (span: 26'0") and 30hp (span: 30'0"), powered by Wolverine's own-brand motor. One machine was reported by Aeronautics to have been built for the Chinese revolutionary party, representatives of which watched it in demonstration at Hempstead, but that "apparently the idea of using aeroplanes was given up at the time." Woodward no location. @ Woodward 1917 Aero Exposition (Aerial Age) Aero Navigator c.1917 = Seaplane, no info found. Wright-Gingerich Harvey C Wright, Iowa City IA. HS 1931 = Unknown type; Excelsior. [12059]. Young Richard E Young, Ypsilanti MI. Model A, Special 1928 = 4pCB; 90hp Warner Scarab; span: 28'0" length: 19'6"; ff: 10/5/28. [X7960], reg cancelled 5/1/29. Zielenski Edward Zielenski, Boston OH. 1930 = 3pM; 120hp Quick. [10400]. |