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Revision as of 00:25, 1 January 2020
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Loening OA-1A | |
Industry | Aerospace |
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Founded | 1917 |
Founders | Grover Loening |
Successor | Keystone-Loening |
Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation was founded 1917 by Grover Loening and produced early aircraft and amphibious aircraft beginning in 1917. When it merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation in 1928, some of its engineers left to form Grumman. Loening formed a new enterprise, Grover Loening Aircraft Company, in 1929, which eventually closed in 1932.[1]
History
- 1917: Loening Aeronautical Engineering Co, 31 St at East River, New York NY.
- 1928: Merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation as Loening Aeronautical Div.
- 1929: Grover Loening Aircraft Co, Garden City NY.
- 1932: Ended operations.
Aircraft
Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
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Loening Monplane Flying Boat | Template:Avyear | ||
Loening Model 23 | Template:Avyear | 16 | |
Loening C-2 | Template:Avyear | 36 | |
Loening M-8 | Template:Avyear | 55 | |
Loening OL | Template:Avyear | 165 | |
Loening PA-1 | Template:Avyear | 1 | |
Loening PW-2 | Template:Avyear | 7 | |
Loening SL | Template:Avyear | 1 | |
Loening XFL | N/A | 0 | |
Keystone-Loening Commander | Template:Avyear |
(Later models appear under Keystone Aircraft Corporation)
Many Loening flying boats were similar in appearance to the later Grumman Duck, featuring a single large float under the fuselage. Leroy Grumman had been General Manager at Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company, and after Grumman and colleagues/co-founders Leon "Jake" Swirbul, Bill Schwendler, and Ed Poor struck out on their own following Loening's merger with Keystone, Grumman's new company's initial business strategy was the repair of Loening aircraft for the U.S. Navy. Grumman soon began marketing aircraft of its own, based largely on concepts developed at Loening. Almost the entire early Grumman work force were ex-Loening employees.
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- Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States
- Defunct companies based in New York (state)
- Manufacturing companies based in New York City
- American companies established in 1917
- Manufacturing companies established in 1917
- Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1932
- 1917 establishments in New York (state)
- 1932 disestablishments in New York (state)
- 1928 mergers and acquisitions
- Aeronautical company stubs