National Aeroplane Company
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This company was in Chicago and perhaps in Galveston, TX, circa 1912-1913.
More sources:
- "Designed by A. C. Beech for the National Aeroplane Co. of Chicago in 1912, the two-place open cockpit biplane was apparently based on the French Farman design. Fitted with dual controls, it was used by NAC School for flight training."[1]
- A Sloane Aeroplane Co. ad in Aircraft magazine, March 1913 refers to this company: "National Aeroplane Company, 606 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill." is written in small type below. Was it the parent company of Sloane?
- This Aeronautics article refers to a company by this name: Publication B2p1310e04, 1912, Tail of National Aero Co., mono
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinnell_Aeroplane -- Billy Robinson worked at National Aeroplane then went to Grinnell Aeroplane. (Maybe that's author W. B. Robinson)
- NAC is an abbreviation for this company. "National Aeroplane Co, Chicago, IL and Galveston, TX". The source suggests it made a Beech-Farman aka Beech-National[3] [2]
References
Names | National Aeroplane Company, National Aero Co. |
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Country | US |
City | Chicago; Galveston |
Affiliations | Sloane Aeroplane Co. |
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Ended aero | |
Key people | A. C. Beech |
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