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United Aircraft Engineering Corp. formed New York February 1919 mainly to market war-surplus aircraft and engines, buying large stocks from Canada and UK. Did not survive to carry out avowed…
Formed about 1915 New York to run Eastern School of Aviation, built small number of biplane trainers for this school.
Brief successor to original Hiller Industries, building C-4 (UH-4) Commuter 2-seat coaxial helicopter (10 June 1946) followed by J-5 with single rotor and tail reaction jet. Then decided to use…
Univair Aircraft Corp.. formed 1946, moved to Colorado, holds rights to many classic types including Alon, Ercoupe, Forney, Mooney M-10 and Stinson 108. Mass-production of parts for older aircraft.
This corporation was successor to Monocoupe at Bristol, VA, building Monocoupe 90A including 20 for Army as L-7A.
US LIGHT AIRCRAFT CORPORATION US Light Aircraft formed from partnership between Millett Engineering and Forespar Company in 1993.
United States Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA, specializes in major conversions, notably Turbo Express rebuild of DC-3 (2 x PT6A turboprops).
This Colorado company market kits/plans of fighter-like tandem-seater (22 September 1978) with 125-hp mod. Buick car engine, 200-mph (320 km/h) cruise.
Valsan Partners offer Quiet 727, with JT8D-217 outboard engines and other changes.
VAN'S AIRCRAFT INC Company derives its name from its president's nickname and began in 1973 with the sale of plans (and, later, kits) for the RV-3 sporting homebuilt. More than…
Clair Vance formed Vance Aircraft Inc. at Oakland, CA, 1929, to produce Viking 'flying wing' mail/cargo carrier, with P&W Wasp or Hornet (450-660 hp) and tail carried on booms. Flew…
Vancraft Copters, Portland, Oregon, market kits for Vancraft 2-seat autogyro, and also Lightning Sport Copter single-seater.
Vanguard Air and Marine Corp. formed 1958 to produce Omniplane fan-in-wing VTOL research aircraft.
Vardax Corp., Bellingham (Seattle), convert DHC-3 Otters to PT6A turboprop power.
Varga Aircraft Corp., Chandler, AZ, took over rights to Model 2150A (ex-Shinn, ex-Morrisey), building new examples from 1957 as 2150A Kachina.
VERTICAL AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES INC Vertical Aviation Technologies Inc is FAA-approved repair facility for various Sikorsky helicopters. The company remanufactures Sikorsky S-55/H-19s, S-58/H-34s and S-62s. In 1984, began to modify four-seat…
Vecto Instrument Corp., Houston, TX, produced Geronimo upgrade of Piper Apache, 180-hp engines and other changes, 1961-5.
Vector Aircraft Co., previously Taylor Kits, formed at Morgantown by Aircraft Acquisition Corp. to market aircraft based on original C.G. Taylor design, starting with F21B. Completely new Twin-T light twin…
Vega Airplane Co. formed 1938 by renaming AiRover. Affiliate of Lockheed, new plant built adjacent at Burbank to produce Vega Starliner light transport powered by Menasco Unitwin (22 April 1939),…
Velocity Aircraft, Florida, produce kits for 220-mph Velocity 2/4-seat tailless canard, 50+ flying.
VENTURE LLC The Thorp T-211, previously markedted by Venture, has been purchased by IndUS of the USA and renamed Sport E.
Verilite Aircraft Co., subsidiary of De Vore Aviation, formed October 1983 at Albuquerque, NM, to produce Model 100 Sunbird 2-seater (5 October 1987) with pusher 70-hp Emdair.
Vertidynamics Corp. established March 1970 by Bruno Nagler (see Nagler) to continue work on VG-2 Helicogyro. Just a year later formed Nagler Aircraft Corp., but no further news.
Another of Bruno Nagler’s companies, formed New York 1962 to produce VG-1, -2 and -4, all attempts to combine sustained hovering of helicopter with cruise mode of autogyro.
Formed March 1956 by renaming Piasecki Helicopter Corp.; no changes except in management, notably Frank Piasecki being replaced by Don R. Berlin (former chief engineer Northrop, Curtiss, Fisher and McDonnell).…
Alfred 'Fred' Victor Verville worked with Curtiss 1912, then designed at Army Engineering Division, producing unsuccessful aeroplane 1915. In 1918 worked with Virginius Evans Clark and Etienne Dormoy to produce…
Victor Aircraft Corp. established 1916 at Freeport, Long Island, NY, but did not receive any large wartime contracts. Built 4 aircraft for designer Albert S. Heinrich, all extremely clean single-seat…
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