Important U. S. Manufacturers of Airplanes

Company / Chief / Model / Description / Price / Range / Fame

Advance Aircraft Co. Troy, Ohio / Waco / Small open cockpit biplanes / .*$2,035-$7,341 / War Plane

Bellanca Aircraft Corp. of America Wilmington, Del. / Bellanca / Cabin monoplanes / . . .14,500 / Chamberlain & Acosta gained for U. S. the endurance record in a Bellanca. The same plane, as the Columbia, carried Chamberlain & Levine to Germany.

Boeing Airplane Co. Seattle, Wash / Boeing / Passenger & cargo / . . . . . . . .$15,000-$22,500 / Mail routes.

Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. Garden City, N. Y. / Hawk, Falcon, Robin / Commercial, sport, military / . . . . . . . .$4,000 up / Pioneers;War service; research, manufacture (motors of planes) sales, service.

Fairchild Airplane Mfg. Corp New York, N. Y. / Fairchild / Cabin Monoplanes / . . . . . . . $13,900-$18,000 / Collier's fight around the world.

Fokker Aircraft Corp. New York, N. Y. / Tri-Motor, Universal / Passenger & cargo / . . . . . .$14,200-$60,000 / Fokker Tri-Motor F-7 was used by Byrd to fly from Spitzbergen to the North Pole and back.

Ford Motor Co. Dearborn, Mich / Stout / Passenger & cargo metal monoplanes / . . . . . .$65,000 / Pioneer freight carrier.

Keystone Aircraft Corp. Bristol, Pa. / Pathfinder, Puffer / Passenger & military / . . . . . . . . . . .Special / Patrician, world's largest plane; accidently burned. Crop dusting by plane.

Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Corp. Hagerstown, Md. / Challenger / Passenger / . . . . .*$24,000 / Lowest priced stock plans.

Lockeed Aircraft Co. Los Angeles, Calif. / Vega Passenger / .$14,000-$21,000 / Used by Wilkins for his North Polar flight, 1928

Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp. New York, N. Y. / Amphibian / Commercial & military Amphibians / . . . . .$27,900 / Major Herbert A Dargue, U. S. Air Corps, used five Loening Amphibians in his Pan-American flight, 1926

B. F. Mahoney Aircraft Corp. (Mahoney-Ryan) San Diego, Calif. / Ryan / Passenger & cargo / . $12,200 / Lindbergh & Spirit of St. Louis

Glenn L. Martin Co. Baltimore, Md. / Martin Bombers / Military / . . . . . . . Special / Pioneer flights; War service

Stinson Aircraft Corp. Northville, Mich. / Stinson-Detroiter / Passenger & cargo / . . . . . . .$6,750-$12,500 / Two biplanes used by Wilkins for his Arctic Expedition, 1927. A Stinson monoplane The Pride of Detroit was used by Brock & Schlee for their Newfoundland-Japan flight.

Swallow Airplane Co. Wichita, Kan. / Commercial / Light sport, commercial & training / . . . . . . . .$1,795-$9,000 / First commercial airplane makers in U. S.

* Price without motor.