Howard Aircraft Corporation
Chicago, Illinois , United States | |
Key people | Gordon Israel |
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Products | Aircraft |
Howard Aircraft Corporation was a small United States aircraft manufacturer in the 1930s and 1940s. The factory was initially on the south side of
Early history
Designer Ben "Benny" Howard, after his success with smaller aircraft, designed and built the
One of the airplanes produced by the company was the
Production of the Howard Aircraft Corporation from 1936 to 1939 totaled about 30 aircraft. In 1939, Howard developed the 5-place DGA-15, building about 40 of the four/five-place aircraft, powered by one of three different engines. The founder, Ben Howard, left the company at this time to join Douglas Aircraft Company as test pilot.
Wartime production
The onset of
Howard also produced a two-seat open-cockpit DGA-18 trainer (also referred to as DGA-125), and later a license-built version of the Fairchild PT-23.
Many of the U.S. Navy Howard-built aircraft were sold to civil pilot owners postwar and a number were still airworthy in 2012.
After producing several of the most famous racing and private aircraft of the Golden Age of Aviation, the Howard Aircraft Corporation ceased production in 1944. Stockholders elected not to produce civilian aircraft after the war, sold the aviation assets, and used the proceeds to buy an electric-motor manufacturing company in Racine, Wisconsin, and named it Howard Industries.
Aircraft
Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
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Howard DGA-1 | |||
Howard DGA-2 | |||
Howard DGA-3 | 1 | Open cockpit racer | |
Howard DGA-4 | 1932 | 2 | Open cockpit racer |
Howard DGA-5
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Howard DGA-6 | 1934 | 1 | Cabin racer |
Howard DGA-7 | |||
Howard DGA-8 | 1936 | 18 | Cabin monoplane |
Howard DGA-9
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7 | Cabin monoplane | |
Howard DGA-11
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4 | Cabin monoplane | |
Howard DGA-12
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2 | Cabin monoplane | |
Howard DGA-15 | 520 | Cabin monoplane | |
Howard DGA-18 | 1941 | ~60 | Open cockpit basic trainer |
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Black, Lisa (4 August 1998). "HISTORY OF DUPAGE'S WW II PLANE PLANT FADING". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
External links
Media related to Howard Aircraft Corporation at Wikimedia Commons