Stout Metal Airplane

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Stout Metal Airplane

Industry	Aerospace
Founded	November 1922 (1922-11)[1]
Founder	William Bushnell Stout
Defunct	1936 (1936)
Fate	Shut down
Headquarters	Detroit, Michigan , United States
Key people	Harry J. Brooks Harold Hicks[2] Otto C. Koppen William Benson Mayo Thomas Towle
Parent	Ford Motor Company (1925–1936)

Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by William Bushnell Stout as the Stout Metal Airplane Co. in 1922. The company was purchased by Ford Motor Company in 1924 and later produced the Ford Trimotor. At the height of the Great Depression, Ford closed the aircraft design and production division in 1936, temporarily re-entering the aviation market with the production of the B-24, at the Willow Run aircraft factory during World War II.