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Taylorcraft Aviation is an airplane manufacturer that has been producing aircraft for more than 70 years in several locations.
The company was founded as the Taylor Brothers Aircraft Manufacturing Company in September 1927 by Clarence Gilbert Taylor and Gordon A. Taylor in Rochester, New York. The company was renamed Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation in April 1928, shortly before Gordon Taylor died in an aircraft accident on April 24, 1928. The company was enticed to move to Bradford, Pennsylvania, with the promise of larger facility and investment capital from local businessmen, including an initial investment of $400 from local oil industry engineer William T. Piper. The move was completed in September 1929.
Operational History
1930s
In late 1930, the company filed for bankruptcy and William T. Piper purchased the assets of the company for $761.Reorganized as the Taylor Aircraft Company, Piper effectively took control of the firm when he assumed the position of corporate secretary-treasurer, although he retained C. G. Taylor in the role of president.[4] Piper, often called the “Henry Ford of Aviation”, firmly believed a simple-to-operate, low-cost, private airplane would flourish, even in the darkest depths of the Great Depression. This aircraft was the E-2 Cub.
| Role | Light aircraft |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Taylor Aircraft Piper Aircraft |
| Designer | Walter Jamouneau Clarence Gilbert Taylor |
| First flight | 1935 |
| Produced | 1936-1938 |
| Number built | 1,207 |
| Developed from | Taylor Cub |
| Variants | Piper J-3 |
Gilbert Taylor
In 1935 Clarence Gilbert Taylor left the company to start another aircraft manufacturer which would become Taylorcraft. William T. Piper bought Taylor’s shares in the company. In 1936 and 1937 some aircraft were completed by Aircraft Associates in California and these were known as the Western Cub.
In 1937 the original Piper factory, a renovated former silk mill in Bradford, PA, was destroyed by fire and the company moved to Lock Haven, PA and production restarted in May 1937 and the company was renamed the Piper Aircraft Corporation in November 1937.
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
- Wingspan: 35 ft 2 1⁄2 in (10.732 m)
- Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Wing area: 178.5 sq ft (16.58 m2)
- Empty weight: 563 lb (255 kg)
- Gross weight: 970 lb (440 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 9 US gal (7.5 imp gal; 34 L)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-40-3 air-cooled flat-four, 37 hp (28 kW)
Performance
Aircrafttoaal encyclopedia
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