Hartzell Propeller

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Hartzell Propeller
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Hartzell Propeller is an American manufacturer that was founded in 1917 by

ultralight aircraft. The company is headquartered in Piqua, Ohio.[2]

Hartzell also produces

ice protection systems, and other propeller controls.[2][3]

History

Old company logo
Cirrus SR22T
in 2018

Robert Hartzell grew up in the village of

Orville Wright lived.[4] From the 1890s until the late 1910s, Hartzell's father and grandfather operated a sawmill and lumber supply company in Greenville, Ohio (later moved to Piqua, Ohio) that also manufactured items such as wagons and gun stocks for World War I.[5][6] On the side, Robert owned a small airplane and did maintenance on it as a young man. In 1917, Orville Wright suggested that Hartzell use his walnut trees to manufacture an aircraft propeller for his plane and others. Robert Hartzell founded the Hartzell Walnut Propeller Company in Piqua that year, and the company provided "Liberty" aircraft propellers for World War I warplanes.[7][8]

After the war, Hartzell Propeller built its own airplanes, including the FC-1 (the first aircraft made entirely of plywood).[9] The FC-1 took first place in the Flying Club of St. Louis Trophy Race at the 1923 International Air Meet.[9] An alteration to the wings resulted in the improved FC-2 model, which won competing over aircraft from the Waco Aircraft Company and the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company at the 1924 International Air Races in Dayton, Ohio. Hartzell stopped producing aircraft to avoid competing with its own propeller customers.[9] In 1926, Hartzell began building propellers for the Aeronca C-2.[10]

During

Beech Twin Bonanza.[11]

Hartzell introduced a turboprop propeller in 1961 and, in 1975,

CASA 212.[13] In 1989, Hartzell produced sixteen-foot propellers for the Boeing Condor, another record-breaking aircraft.[11]

Hartzell introduced "Top-Prop" replacement propellers for piston-engine aircraft in 1991 and sold 20,000 Top-Prop conversion kits through 2013.[14]

In 1994, the company held the first Friends of Hartzell Air Show in Piqua, Ohio

FAA granted Hartzell the first certification for an Advanced Structural Composite (ASC II) propeller for general aviation.[17]

In July 2021, Hartzell Propeller purchased the assets of Tanis Aircraft Products, a company that makes aircraft engine pre-heat systems. Tanis President and CEO Douglas Evink became Hartzell Propeller's vice president of sales for the new Tanis business unit, and the Tanis operations remained near

Minneapolis, Minnesota.[18]

In late 2023, the company was sold to private equity firm Arcline Investment Management.[19][20] It opened its first location in India in 2024.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Aerial Age, 15 March 1920, p.4
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  3. ^ Hartzell Propeller (2009). "Product Applications". Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  4. OCLC 10430349.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  5. ^ Hartzell Air Movement (2012). "Annual Report". Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  6. ^ Computerized Heritage Association (1999). "1920 Memoirs of the Miami Valley, George W. Hartzell". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  7. ^ The Cincinnati Enquirer (2003). "Hartzell Propeller Still Building on Historic Past". Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  8. ^ WoodenPropeller.com (2005). "Early WWI Era Propellers". Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  9. ^
    ISBN 9780738593890
  10. ^ The Aeronca Museum (1930). "Archive Database Record Details". Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  11. ^
    ISBN 1585442577
  12. ^ Conklin & de Decker Aviation Information (1930). "Aircraftpedia". Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  13. ^ NotPlaneJane.com (1930). "Hartzell/Hartzite". Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  14. ^ General Aviation News (29 July 2013). "Hartzell Top Prop 20,000 Ready to Take to the Air". Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  15. ^ Hartzell Propeller. "A Long History of Innovation". Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  16. ^ General Aviation News (13 November 2013). "Red Bull Taps Hartzell for Race Plane Props". Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  17. ^ Aero News Network (24 July 2006). "Hartzell Intro's ASC-II Composite Prop". Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  18. ^ Phelps, Mark (13 July 2021). "Hartzell Propeller Acquires Tanis Aircraft Products Assets". AVweb. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  19. ^ Haines, Thomas. "HARTZELL PROPELLER CHANGES HANDS". AOPA. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  20. ^ Thomas Gnau (19 October 2023). "Family to sell storied Hartzell Aviation in Piqua to equity firm". Dayton Daily News.
  21. ^ Thomas Gnau (22 January 2024). "Hartzell Propeller extends global reach with first service site in India". Dayton Daily News.
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