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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, produced airships for US Navy in First World War and formed Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp. to build giant rigid airships post-war. Parent company formed Goodyear…
Group of furniture companies around Grand Rapids which made large contribution to aircraft manufacture 1942-5; purchased rights to General Aircraft Skyfarer 1943, transferred later to Le Mars.
Five Granville brothers, of Springfield, Mass., built series of Gee Bee racers from 1930 as Granville Aircraft Corp., most famous being Super Sportster R-1 (world landplane record 296.3 mph, 3…
Successor to Granville, built QED and R-6H to compete MacRobertson race; firm withered after Z. Granville, eldest brother, killed in crash 1934.
Great Lakes Aircraft Corp. established at Cleveland late 1928, initially to build unsuccessful Miss Great Lakes 8-seater derived from Martin T4M torpedo bomber. In contrast, 2-T-1 series of sport biplanes…
Acquired rights from HAPI Engines Inc. to market kits and plans of Sonerai I and II sport/racing homebuilts. Sonerai II, 550+ now flying.
John W. Grega, Bedford, Ohio, developed modernized version of classic Aircamper designated GN-1, over 3,000 sets of plans sold by 1992.
GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION INC Groen Brothers has been working on its Hawk Gyroplane family since 1986. Prototypes leading up to the Hawk 4 include the Hawk I and H2X. The…
GROSSO AIRCRAFT INC Grosso Aircraft was set up to market the Easy Eagle ultralight.
Grover Loening left Loening Aeronautical on its takeover 1928 and formed Grover Loening Aircraft Co. Inc. at Roosevelt Field, NY. Built small civil and Navy amphibians to 1936.
Leroy Randle Grumman graduated from Cornell, MIT and Columbia, served as Navy flying instructor and test pilot and then joined Loening, becoming chief engineer and managing director. When in 1928…
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION Originally an offshoot of Grumman Corporation; passed through several owners before purchase by General Dynamics for US$4.8 billion in May 1999; deal completed 31 July 1999. Corporate…
Gwinn Aircar Co. formed 1935 at Buffalo to build Aircar allegedly stall/spin-proof cabin biplane.
Gyrodyne Company of America, GCA, formed (originally as PC Helicopter Corp.) by partnership of Greeks 7 August 1946 at Fitzmaurice Field on Long Island. Built series of helicopters with coaxial…
Frank Haines, Detroit, produced H-3 racer 1937 with Menasco and retractable gear.
Theodore P. Hall, chief development engineer of Convair, designed flying automobile in which wing, tail and 190-hp Lycoming were all attached on top of specially designed 4-seat saloon car. Convair…
Robert Hall built Cicada 2-seat long-range racer for movie stunt pilot Frank J. Lynch, Hall coming 4th Unlimited in 1932 Nationals at 179.49 mph.
Hall Aluminum Aircraft Co. was formed 1927 to build all-metal aircraft for US Navy. Designer Charles Ward Hall produced metal wings for Curtiss HS-2L, prototype 2-seat Air Yacht and then…
Halpin Development Co. formed at Cincinnati 1925 to build Flamingo 6-seat high-wing monoplane. Assets passed 1928 to Metal Aircraft.
Richard Halpin and Tom Huf built H&H Special tandem parasol sport aircraft with 125-hp Lycoming 1968.
Hamilton Aerospace, San Antonio, Texas, produced 2-seat sport aircraft 1987, followed by HX-1 turboprop tactical development (pusher T800) and HXT-2 twin-turbofan trainer derivative.
Hamilton Aircraft Co. incorporated at Tucson 1961 to market Nomair conversions of T-28 trainers; later added various upgrades and rebuilds of Beech 18, finishing (as Hamilton Aviation) 1981 with Westwind…
Thomas F. (Tom) Hamilton claimed in 1927 to have 'been responsible for production of 42 types of airplane in past 19 years', but design of many was work of James…
Hammond Aircraft Corp. formed at Ypsilanti 1931 to take over production of Ryan Speedster from failed Detroit Aircraft. In 1934 Dean B. Hammond designed Model Y 2-seat pusher (see Stearman-Hammond).
Foster Hannaford Jr. bought rights to Rose Parrakeet 1948 and 10 years later offered plans/kits of improved version.
HAPI Engines, of Eloy, Arizona, producers of VW conversions, own all rights to SF-2A Cygnet 2-seater, and market kits and plans.
Max B. Harlow, Professor of Aeronautics at Pasadena Junior College, organized PJC-1 4-seater as class project. Flew 14 September 1937, leading to PJC-2, certificated 26 August 1938. Harlow Engineering Corp.…
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