Standard Aero Corp. of N.Y. (II)
Harry Bowers Mingle, president; William D Judkins, vice president; James W. Walker, secretary; Daniel A. Meenan, treasurer; they were also the original officers in May 1916. Directors were Mingle, Judkins, Walker, and Francis J. Muhling and Meijeiro Yasumoto. Standard Aero was to handle fixed-priced orders while Standard Aircraft Corp. was to handle cost-plus contracts. Mitsui and Company held all the preferred stock and a majority of the common stock.
After the establishment of Standard Aircraft in November 1917, it was the real producer while Standard Aero carried on experimental work and the production of special machines. However, as we cannot distinguish between what was built by Standard Aero with any certainty from what was built by Standard Aircraft (the exception being Handley-Page aircraft, which was in its own building at Standard Aircraft), we are are using this cell to discuss products built during 1918 and the cell below, under Standard Aircraft to discuss designs. According to our sources, during 1918, one or the other of the Standard companies had built a multitude of training planes of the Standard J type, six machines and spares of the JR-1B type for the U.S. Post Office, advance training planes of the M Defense type, four Capronis, the assembly of Handley-Page planes, 500 de Havilland 4s for the U.S. Signal Corps, and Curtiss-designed HS flying boats for the U.S. Navy, plus had filled various orders for small parts. The last Standard Aircraft appears to have been a twin-tractor floatplane from 1919.
Locations: Executive offices in New York, NY. Two plants comprising 225,000 sq ft of floor space on North Ave., Plainfield, NJ, and one plant in Elizabeth, NJ.
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p240-241, 290-291
- Gunston, 2005, p441
- SD87-91, 95, 215, 264-265, 271
- 1918AAW569, 575
- 1919YB188-217
- AID127
| Names | Standard Aero Corp. of N.Y., Standard Aircraft |
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| Country | US |
| City | NYC; Elizabeth, NJ |
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| Started aero | 1916 |
| Ended aero | 1919 |
| Key people | Harry Bowers Mingle, William D Judkins, James W. Walker, Daniel A. Meenan, Francis J. Muhling, Meijeiro Yasumoto |
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