Metal Aircraft Corporation

Metal Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer of transport aircraft. The company was a pioneer in all-metal construction at a time when the technology was in its infancy.

Metal Aircraft Corporation
IndustryAerospace
FatePurchased by Columbus Flying Service
PredecessorHalpin Development Company
Founded1927 (1927)
FounderThomas E. Halpin
Defunct1929 (1929)
Headquarters
Cincinnati, Ohio
,
United States
Key people
Footnotes / references
[1]
The Metal Aircraft Flamingo El Rio Caroni, which was used by Jimmy Angel to discover Angel Falls

History

In October 1927, Thomas E. Halpin, a former Stout Metal Airplane Company employee, moved to Cincinnati and founded the Halpin Development Corporation to begin work on a new airplane design.[2][3] By January 1928, construction of the Halpin Flamingo had started.[4] Following the first flight of the airplane at Lunken Airport on 9 April 1928, the company was offered $10,000 if it would remain in Cincinnati.[5] Within two weeks the company was purchased by a group of Cincinnatians and on 2 May 1928 it was reincorporated as the Metal Aircraft Corporation.[6][7] Production of the Metal Aircraft Flamingo transport was continued at its factory at the Lunken Airport with several variations.[8]

In September 1928, construction on a new factory was started at Lunken Airport.[lower-alpha 1][11] Later, by July 1929, Mason-Dixon Air Lines installed a ticket counter and waiting room in the building.[12]

Following a merger with the Johnson Airplane and Supply Company of Dayton, Ohio and the Kansas City Airport in September 1929, Robert H. Shryver, president of Columbus Flying Service, purchased a controlling interest in the company.[13][14][1]

By 1932, the former Metal Aircraft Corporation factory was being used by the Vermilya-Huffman Flying Service and the Jones-Graichen Aircraft Corporation.[15][16]

Aircraft
Model name First flight Number built Type
Metal Aircraft G-1 Flamingo 1928 1 Single engine monoplane airliner
Metal Aircraft G-2 Flamingo 21 Single engine monoplane airliner
Metal All-Metal Tranship 1929 Single engine monoplane airliner

See also

References

Footnotes
  1. The factory was built on the west side of Wilmer Avenue.[9] However, due to the road being moved westward in the 1960s, the former site of the factory is now to the east of it.[10]

Notes
  1. "Banker Takes Over Company". Cincinnati Enquirer. 24 September 1929. p. 17. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. "Men and Matters". Cincinnati Enquirer. 23 October 1927. p. 20. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. Herman, M. B. (22 April 1928). "Air Pilots of Cincinnati". Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 8. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. "Auto Show Notes". Cincinnati Enquirer. 17 January 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. "First Flight of Home Ship Success". Cincinnati Enquirer. 9 April 1928. p. 10. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. "Cincinnatians Acquire Plane Righs". Cincinnati Enquirer. 19 April 1928. p. 11. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. "Queen City to Be Factory Center". Cincinnati Enquirer. 2 May 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. Ohio Historical Society. Timeline: a publication of the Ohio Historical Society, Volume 23.
  9. Golden, J. T., Jr. (21 September 1930). "Aviation Lanes". Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  10. "Wilmer Avenue Relocation Job is Under Way". Cincinnati Enquirer. 24 September 1962. p. 27. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  11. Mueller, Louis D. (9 September 1928). "Aviation Lanes". Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 9. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  12. "Cincinnati-Detroit Air Line Starts". Cincinnati Enquirer. 21 July 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  13. "An Alphabet of Aviation". Cincinnati Enquirer. 14 September 1929. p. 13. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  14. "Airplane Supply Merger Planned to Make City Leader in Output of Accessories". Cincinnati Enquirer. 7 August 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  15. "Aviation Lanes". Cincinnati Enquirer. 7 February 1932. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  16. "Aviation Lanes". Cincinnati Enquirer. 14 February 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

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