Stinson Aircraft

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Stinson Aircraft Company
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founding 1926
resolution 1943
Seat Detroit , Michigan , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Branch Aircraft construction

The Stinson Aircraft Company was an American manufacturer of aircraft based in Detroit .

history

Stinson HW-75 (also called 105 ) from 1939.

In 1926, Eddie Stinson founded the Stinson Airplane Syndicate to build the Stinson Detroiter , a sturdy aircraft developed for the Detroit Chamber of Commerce (flown by Ruth Elder and the Stinson sisters Katherine and Marjorie, among others ). In 1929 the Stinson Aircraft was bought by the Cord Corporation holding company , which was already owned by the Lycoming engine factory and Corman Aircraft . In the course of the takeover, this aircraft manufacturer merged with Stinson Aircraft , which then began manufacturing its first commercial aircraft , the Stinson SM-6000 .

The aviation consortium Aviation Corporation ( AVCO ), which in addition to American Airways also owned several aircraft factories and engine manufacturers, bought the Cord Corporation in 1934, with its two subsidiaries, Stinson Aircraft and Airplane Development Corporation , becoming the property of the consortium. From the two companies, AVCO formed Vultee Aircraft in 1936 .

Stinson Aircraft remained as an independent branch of Vultee , but then only manufactured light aircraft such as the Stinson HW-75 , from which the military liaison aircraft Stinson L-5 emerged in 1942 . In 1943, Vultee and Consolidated Aircraft merged to form Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation , with the light aircraft division also being owned. Piper Aircraft bought this division in 1948 and integrated Stinson Aircraft into its own company.

Airplane models from Stinson (selection)

  • Detroiters
  • HW-75 , a civil light aircraft from which the L-5 emerged
  • L-5 , a single-engine light aircraft that was used as a reconnaissance, medical and supply aircraft.
  • Reliant , a single-engine, 4-5-seat aircraft used by the US Navy , the British Navy and the US Coast Guard , among others , and built from 1933 to 1948.
  • SM-6000 , the manufacturer's first three-engine airliner, also known as the Model T.
  • Model A , three-engine airliner, successor to the SM-6000 and Model U.
  • Model O
  • Model U , last version of the SM-6000 (Model T) with a modified engine arrangement.

Web links

Commons : Stinson aircraft  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flying Magazin, September 1, 1960, page 39