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Barkley-Grow Aircraft Corp. incorporated 1935 to produce T8P-1 metal stressed-skin monoplane transport (2 Wasp Junior) with wheels, skis or floats.
Company markets plans and kits for 3 versions of Baby Lakes sporting biplane scaled down from Great Lakes designed by Oldfield.
BARR AIRCRAFT Barr Aircraft was formed in 1958 and holds supplemental type certificates for the Piper PA-12, PA-14, PA-20 and PA-22 series of aircraft and is presently developing the BarrSix.…
Bartlett Aircraft Corp. formed 1945 to develop pre-war Babcock into Blue Zephyr, later produced in refined form as LC-13A Zephyr 150.
Wayne F. Barton of Colorado built Sylkie One high-performance 2-seater, flown 1975.
Formerly with Lockheed, J.B. Baumann formed Baumann Aircraft Corp. at Pasadena 1945. His cousin flew B-250 Brigadier 5-seater (2 x 125-hp pusher Continental) June 1947. Later had 145-hp engines.
Gem miner Chris Beachner built V-8 Special with modified Buick engine, flown 1978. Following Beachner’s death, rights (kits, plans) bought by Mizell.
Ronald Beattie and Walter Fellers designed S-1 propeller-behind-tail racer in Los Angeles 1960.
Herbert Beaujon claims Flybike, flown February 1975, is 'world's simplest and cheapest aircraft'.
BEDECORP LLC Bedecorp specialises in design of high-performance aircraft for private ownership; civilian version of a previous product, BD-10, was transferred to Vortex Aircraft Company as the Phoenix. In June…
Beecraft Associates formed by ex-Convair engineers 1946, built Wee Bee, claimed 'world's smallest aircraft'. Honey Bee single-seat parasol flown July 1952. Name changed to Bee Aviation 1954, and Queen Bee…
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY At the September 2002 NBAA Convention, held in Orlando, Florida, Raytheon Aircraft announced its intention to revert to separate marketing of its Beech and Hawker lines of…
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC (Subsidiary of Textron Inc) During 1970-81, Bell Helicopter Textron was unincorporated division of Textron Inc; became wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc from 3 January 1982.…
Aerial Experiment Association, first formal heavier-than-air aviation group in USA, formed September 1907. Leader Dr Graham Bell, inventor of telephone; his wife was prime mover and financier. Bell's own multiplane…
Bell Aircraft Corp. formed October 1935 by former leaders of Consolidated on that company’s move from Buffalo to San Diego, notably Lawrence D. Bell, Ray P. Whitman and chief engineer…
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON and THE BOEING COMPANY Bell and Boeing collaborate in design and manufacture of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. New 41,800 m² (450,000 sq ft) factory at Amarillo International…
In 1911 Giuseppe Mario Bellanca emigrated from Sicily to New York with nothing but degree in engineering. Flew monoplane built in Brooklyn basement, ran flying school and in 1919 joined…
Northern became Downer, then Inter-Air (making Viking, an improved Cruisemaster) and, in 1967, Bellanca Sales, subsidiary of Miller Flying Service. Bought Champion Aircraft 1970, name becoming Bellanca Aircraft Corp. Products…
Executives mainly from Miller Flying Service formed Viking Aviation 1982 to support large numbers of Viking and other Bellanca aircraft. Renamed Bellanca Inc., still at Alexandria, Minnesota, resumed Viking production…
Bendix Aviation Corp. tried to produce helicopters after Second World War, flying Model K single-seat coaxial in 1946 and Model J 4-seater a year later.
Previously Aeronautic Supply Co., Benoist Aircraft Co. registered St Louis 1912 and built numerous prototypes. One Type XIV Air-Boat 2-seat flying-boat operated world's first heavier-than-air scheduled service across Tampa Bay,…
Dr Igor Bensen, formerly of Kaman, set up Bensen Aircraft Corp. in 1952 at Raleigh-Durham airport, N. Carolina, concentrating on ultralight rotorcraft. Following tip-drive and engine-above-rotor helicopters, Bensen produced B-7…
Emile and Maurice Berkmans designed Speed Scout, attractive biplane fighter, 1916. Tested well but war ended and more powerful B-2 never built.
After Doman ceased trading 1961, Caribe Doman remained active on helicopter project and in 1967 formed Berlin Doman Aircraft to elect Don H. Berlin (former designer of Curtiss fighters) as…
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