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Formerly AGA Aviation Corp., successor to Pitcairn-Larsen which in 1940 took over Willow Grove, PA, plant of Pitcairn. G&A acquired by Firestone 1943, did not complete 2 AGA CG-8 30-seat…
General Airplanes Corp. incorporated at Buffalo June 1928, aiming at already overcrowded market for 3-seat high-wing monoplanes. Built GAC-101 Surveyor, GAC-102 Aristocrat and GAC Mailplane sesquiplane before failing in Depression.
Gail Aircraft Engineering Co., Sacramento, flew prototype Model 202A Gold'uster (later Mantis) ag-aircraft 30 May 1956, no production.
Galaxie Engineering Co., PA, formed by Glatfelter to continue development of G-100 single-seat helicopter. Flew June 1959, certificated February 1968.
At Van Nuys, CA, markets turboprop conversions of light twins; at new plant in Oklahoma plans re-engined JetStars and is designing Star twin-turbofan STOL transport.
Major builder of seaplanes from 1913 at Norwich, Connecticut, and of Navy aircraft (Curtiss HS-2, DH-4) at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, from 1917. Particular feature of several designs was propeller…
Formed 1958 at Sun Valley, CA, to convert 24 SCAN 30 (Widgeon) airframes to Super Widgeon standard with R-680 engines.
Garrett General Aviation Services Division (Allied Signal Aerospace) is retrofitting Falcon 20 business jets with Garrett TFE731 engines.
PETER GARRISON Mr Garrison has designed and built his own light aircraft, the Melmoth 2 which, although not available commercially, is of technical interest because of its long-range capability. Previous…
Gates Aircraft Corp. formed 1929 by Ivan R. Gates to produce Stampe et Vertongen RSV.18-100 and 26-100 under licence.
Gates Learjet Corp., Wichita, formed January 1970 following 10 April 1967 purchase by Gates Rubber Co., Denver, of all Mr Bill Lear’s holding (about 60%) in Lear Jet Industries. Thus…
Gates-Day Aircraft Corp. formed 1927 at Paterson, NJ, to produce aircraft to Charles H. Day’s design, starting with Standard J-1 (1917) and continuing with Standard G-D-24 5-seat biplane (December 1927).…
General Aeroplane Co. incorporated December 1916 at Detroit; built series of light pusher aircraft including Alpha (possibly not flown), Beta flying-boat and Gamma L (landplane) and Gamma S (seaplane) biplanes.
Los Angeles-based General Airborne Transport Inc. built prototype XCG-16A transport glider, with 40 troops or 4 tons cargo in lifting fuselage, in 1944.
Formed at Washington 1969, with Transport Division office at San Diego. Announced plans for 4-turboprop STOL transport, changed to twin-turboprop 1973, and then to production of Helio Super Courier, which…
Incorporated 1941 at Astoria, Long Island, to build 'unspinnable' Skyfarer cabin monoplane. In 1942 switched to making 1,112 Waco CG-4A troop-carrying gliders, assigning Skyfarer rights to Grand Rapids.
FBO (fixed-based operator), Sheridan, Wyoming, specialist 1950-56 in conversion of various Pipers into ag-aircraft, often with extra wing and more powerful engine.
GA Manufacturing Corp. formed May 1930 by yet another name change to company previously alternating between Fokker and Atlantic. Centred at Dundalk, Maryland, where A.H.G. Fokker oversaw design of XFA-1…
GD, today a vast multifaceted corporation, was formed 1947 by John Jay Hopkins. At first a company, it became a corporation when on 25 April 1952 it bought Electric Boat…
Built Meteor light 2-seat parasol monoplane at Burbank 1929-32.
Geronimo Conversions took over Vecto's work in upgrading Piper Apaches before it in turn became Seguin Aviation 1969.
Gillis Aircraft Corp. set up 1927 by C.H. Gillis at Battle Creek, Michigan, to build Crusader 4-seat biplane, built in small numbers until 1931.
NEW GLASAIR LLC Stoddard-Hamilton company formed in 1979. Glasair I, II and II-S were superseded by Super II and III. Two-seat GlaStar added to product range in 1995; float production…
NEW GLASTAR LLC A partial successor to Stoddard-Hamilton, New GlaStar shares accommodation, contact details and executives with New Glasair.
G.M. Glendening and A.L. Kennedy built Special 1, modified Stits Playboy, and Special 2, biplane of their own design, 1959. Glendening later began construction of side-by-side high-wing aircraft, believed not…
Glenview Metal Products, Riverside, NJ, produced Flyride GMP-2 2-seat helicopter 1956, notable for supposedly simplified control system.
Global Helicopter Technology, Fort Worth, specializes in adding sensor/weapon systems to Bell helicopters.
Globe Aircraft Corp. incorporated at Fort Worth late 1940 as Bennett Aircraft to make aircraft from Duraloid bakelite-bonded plywood. Name changed early 1941 to Globe, which completed BTC-1 8-seat twin…
Eugene M. Gluhareff was pioneer of simple tip-drive helicopters, flown 1957-8, but then concentrated on propane-burning jet engines.
GE Aircraft Corp. incorporated 1929 in California to build Golden Eagle Chief high-wing trainer.
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