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Formed at Lincoln 1918, subcontractor to military programmes and until 1926 built many variations of Lincoln Standard 2-seat biplane.
Neico Aviation, Santa Paula, CA, produced Lancair (June 1984) high-speed side-by-side tourer/trainer. Several hundred kits delivered of original Lancair 200 and 235; more powerful and long-range Lancair 320 uses composite…
Ted Nelson produced small air-cooled engines from 1944 and by 1946 was fitting them to sailplane-like aircraft, usually of Bowlus design, including Bumblebee (1946) and Dragonfly (1948). Still produces engines.
Robert E. Nesmith Inc., Houston, TX, produced Cougar side-by-side high-wing tourer (March 1957), many hundreds homebuilt.
In 1928 Gates-Day became New Standard Aircraft Corp., same address. Continued to produce G-D 24, adding fresh Day biplanes D-25 4-seat, D-26 2-seat and D-27 single-seat mailplanes, D-28 seaplane and…
New Technik Inc. formed 1990 at Morgantown, W. Virginia, by Aircraft Acquisition which had bought Taylorcraft; with WV University producing L-2M Tech 2 2-seat sport/trainer, Model 20 Tech 4 4-seater…
Newcal Aviation, Little Falls, NJ, produce DHC-4T turboprop conversions of Caribou (16 November 1991).
North American Aircraft is major division of Rockwell International Corp. Known as NA Aircraft Operations until 1990. Based El Segundo, production facilities Palmdale and Tulsa, main programmes X-30 NASP and…
North American Aviation Inc. formed 6 December 1928 by Clement M. Keys, former Editor Wall St Journal, as 'paper' holding company to manage proliferating empire of aviation acquisitions (at that…
Formed 22 September 1967 by merger of North American Aviation and Rockwell-Standard. Comprised Aerospace and Systems Group (military/naval aircraft and Sabreliners) and Commercial Products Group (Aero Commander Division and others).…
Northern Aircraft Inc., Alexandria, Minnesota, purchased rights and assets to Cruisemaster 14-19 from Bellanca 1956, also supporting former Republic Seabees after merger with American Aviation Corp.
John Knudsen (Jack) Northrop designed wings of Loughead F-1 and produced other Loughead designs. Joined Davis-Douglas 1923, but moved to Lockheed 1926 and designed Vega. Lockheed did not wish to…
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Northrop company formed 1939 to produce military aircraft; activities extended to missiles, target drones, electronics, space technology, communications, support services and commercial products. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation…
NUVENTURE AIRCRAFT NuVenture was established to maintain availability of components for the former Questair Venture. all jigs and stocks of spares were bought from Henry Bouley of North Windham, Connecticut…
Oakland Airmotive specialized in conversion, e.g. PV-2 to Centaurus executive aircraft and Bonanza to twin-engined Super V.
Occidental Aircraft Corp., Washington DC, did not complete Model 100 STOL 100-passenger transport based on Burnelli formula 1970.
Ogden Aircraft incorporated 1929 to build versions of Osprey racer (also 4- or 7-passenger) monoplane (3 x 90- or 125-hp Menasco).
OHIO AIRSHIPS INC This company, founded in 1999, has the Dynalifter hybrid semi-rigid in the development stage. Design assistance is being given by Conceptual Research Corporation, Analytical Methods Inc and…
Richard V. Ohm and Gordon Stoppelbeim built Formula racer (21 August 1950).
Andrew Oldfield designed scaled-down Great Lakes Sport Trainer to produce Baby Great Lakes 1962: see Great Lakes.
OMAC Inc. founded 1977 Reno, Nevada, to build OMAC 1 canard pusher turboprop business aircraft (11 December 1981). Modified second prototype was called Laser 300 (19 February 1983). Company moved…
Omega Aircraft Corp. formed December 1953 by B.W. Sznycer to build BS-12D helicopter (26 December 1956). Development continued with 4 prototypes to 1964.
Formed 1965 Merritt Island (Cape Canaveral) to build Dolphinair glassfibre 20-passenger twin-jet amphibian with telescopic outer wings. Failed to complete.
On Mark Engineering Co. formed 1954 at Van Nuys, CA, mainly to produce rebuilt B-26 versions: Marketeer executive transport, Marksman pressurized variant and B-26K Counter Invader attack bomber. Also built…
Ong Aircraft Corp. formed 1936 at Kansas City to build M-32W 4-seat high-wing monoplane.
Ordnance Engineering Corp. founded mid-1916 in New York City, with plant at Baldwin, Long Island, to build aircraft for US Army and other customers. Type A side-by-side trainer (February 1917)…
Orlando Helicopter Airways formed 1964 at Sanford, Florida, to update and remanufacture Sikorsky helicopters. Seven versions of S-55 including Mi-24 lookalike and 3 versions of S-58. See also GOHL.
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