Sensenich
| Sensenich Propeller Inc.
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1932 |
| Seat | Lancaster , Pennsylvania , United States |
| management | Donald Rowell |
| Branch | Aircraft industry |
| Website | www.sensenich.com |
The Sensenich propeller , founded in 1932, is an American manufacturer of aircraft propellers made of wood, metal or composite material for Amateurbau machines or Ultralight . The company is based in Lititz, Lancaster , Pennsylvania , United States .
history
Around 1929, Harry and Martin Sensenich, from a Mennonite family, began designing handcrafted propellers on their parents' farm and marketing them through an advertisement in Popular Mechanics magazine . They were able to found their own company, the Sensenich Brothers , as early as 1932 . Initially, aircraft propellers were made from wood. In 1941 the company expanded to meet the increased demand for propellers during World War II . These propellers were commissioned by the US military. The contracts with the military alone secured the company revenues of 1.6 million US dollars. This enabled the company to open another factory in Glendale , California . This order situation made the company the largest wood propeller manufacturer in the world.
In 1947 the company expanded to include metal propellers. From 1949 propellers for swamp boats included in the program and a second factory in Plant City , Hillsborough County , Florida under the name Sensenich Wood Propeller Company founded. But around 1949 there was also the first corporate crisis. Shortly after they made their millionth propeller in the late 1940s, the propeller market collapsed. In contrast to numerous competitors, the company survived the crisis and was able to increase sales to a quarter of a million US dollars by 1965.
In 1989 the company was bought by Philadelphia Bourse Incorporated .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Purdy, Don: Aero Crafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook , page 85. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
- ↑ a b c Sensenich Propeller: About Us - History . 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Sensenich Wooden Propellers. Modernwoodpropellers.com, 2012, accessed March 7, 2013 .
- ^ William F. Trimble: High Frontier: A History of Aeronautics in Pennsylvania . University of Pittsburgh, 1982, ISBN 0-8229-7426-6 , pp. 230 .
- ↑ James Gilbert: It All Began with a Bedstead . In: Flying Magazine . tape 77 , no. 3 , September 1965, ISSN 0015-4806 , p. 50-54 .