Aeronca Aircraft

Aeronca, Incorporated
Company typeOperating Division
IndustryAerospace
Founded1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Headquarters
Middletown, Ohio
,
United States
Key people
  • Conrad Dietz
  • Carl Friedlander
  • Ray Hermes
  • Roger Schlemmer
  • Taylor Stanley
Owner
ParentFleet Aerospace
(1986-present)[1]
DivisionsLongren Aircraft Corporation
Websiteaeroncainc.com

Aeronca, contracted from Aeronautical Corporation of America, located in Middletown, Ohio, is a US manufacturer of engine components and airframe structures for commercial aviation and the defense industry, and a former aircraft manufacturer. From 1928 to 1951, the company was a major producer of general aviation aircraft, and also produced the engines for some of their early designs.[2][3]

Aeronca is now (2011) a division of Magellan Aerospace, producing aircraft, missile, and space vehicle components at the same location adjacent to Middletown's Hook Field Municipal Airport.

  1. ^ a b "Magellan Aerospace Corporation Annual Information Form" (PDF). Magellan Aerospace. 31 March 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ Harris, Richard, "Aeronca: Birth of the Personal Plane Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine," AAHS Journal, Summer 2007, vol.52, #2, American Aviation Historical Society
  3. ^ Harris, Richard, "Aeronca/Champion History: Beyond the Bathtub -- Chiefs, Champs & Citabrias," from articles by Richard Harris first appearing in In Flight USA, 2003-2004, condensed on author's website.