Command-Aire

Command-Aire
FormerlyArkansas Aircraft Corporation
IndustryAerospace
PredecessorArkansas Aircraft Company
Founded1926; 100 years ago (1926)
Founders
  • Major John Carroll Cone
  • W. F. Moody
Defunct1931; 95 years ago (1931)
FateBankrupt
Headquarters
Little Rock, Arkansas
,

United States
Key people
  • Albert Vollmecke
  • Robert B. Snowden
ProductsAircraft
Command-Aire 5C3 N997E

The Command-Aire was an American aircraft manufacturer from the late 1920s and early 1930s based in Little Rock, Arkansas.

History

The company was founded on August 26, 1926 by Major J. Carroll Cone and W. F. Moody as the Arkansas Aircraft Corporation.[1][2] Aircraft were built in the former Climber Motor Company Factory at 1823 East 17th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas.[3] After a failed attempt by their first engineer to produce their design, they attempted to arrange the purchase of a production licence for the Heinkel HD 40, and when that fell through they hired a Heinkel engineer, Albert Vollmecke, who would be responsible for the rest of the company's designs.[2] In September 1928, the company was purchased by Robert B. Snowden and the name was changed to Command-Aire. With rapidly declining sales due to the Great Depression, and with no acceptable offers for a merger, the company declared bankruptcy in 1931 and its remaining assets were sold off.[1]

Aircraft

Model name 1st flight ATC # No. built Type
Glider[4] 1928 n/a 1 glider (NX3895)
3C3[5] 1928 ATC 53, 2-201 178 or 179 three seat biplane
4C3 1929 n/a 1 Prototype two-seat biplane
5C3[6] 1929 ATC 184, 2-251 63 or 64 three seat biplane
BS-14 1930 ATC 2-204 1 Prototype two-seat training biplane
BS-16 1930 n/a 2 Prototype three-seat training biplane
MR-1 Little Rocket 1930 n/a 1 Single-seat racing monoplane

References

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Citations

  1. ^ a b Lock, Robert G. "Development of Arkansas Aircraft Corporation Model 3C3" (PDF). OX5 Aviation Pioneers. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Smith, 1992, p.224-246
  3. ^ "Command-Aire". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ Lock, Robert G. (February 2010). "My Friend Albert Vollmecke Part II". Vintage Airplane. Vol. 38, no. 2. EAA Vintage Aircraft Association. pp. 19–24.
  5. ^ Juptner, 1962, p.139-140
  6. ^ Juptner, 1964, p.242-244

Bibliography

  • Juptner, Joseph P. (1962). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 1 (ATC 1 - 100). Los Angeles, CA: Aero Publishers. pp. 139–140. LCCN 62-15967.
  • Juptner, Joseph P. (1964). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 2 (ATC 101 - 200). Los Angeles, CA: Aero Publishers. pp. 242–244. LCCN 62-15967.
  • Smith, William M. (1992). "The Right Plane at the Wrong Time: A Brief History of the Command-Aire Aircraft Company". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 51 (3): 224–246. doi:10.2307/40023098. JSTOR 40023098.

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