Arrow Aircraft and Motors

Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Havelock, Nebraska in the 1920s and 1930s. It built a variety of light sporting aircraft.

This article is about the American company. For the British company, see Arrow Aircraft Ltd.
Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation
IndustryAerospace
FoundedMarch 27, 1926 (1926-03-27)
Founders
  • John D. Moore
  • George E. Moore
  • Frederick J. Platz
Defunct1939 (1939)
FateBankrupt
Headquarters
Havelock, Nebraska
,
United States
Key people
Swen Swanson

History

The Arrow Aircraft Corporation founded on 27 March 1926 in Havelock, Nebraska by John D. Moore, George E. Moore, and Frederick J. Platz.[1] In 1928, the Patriot Manufacturing Company, a truck body producer, was purchased and merged into the new entity, Arrow Aircraft and Motors. It began experimenting with using Ford V8 engines in aircraft in 1934. However, by 1939 the company was bankrupt, a consequence of the effect of the Great Depression, and cost overruns with LeBlond engines.[2] Despite a hope that the increase in defense manufacturing – including a contract with Boeing – might save the company, its assets were later sold at two sheriff's sales in 1940.[3][4][5]

Aircraft
Arrow Sport
Model name First flight Number built Type
Arrow Sport 1926 ~100 Single engine two seat biplane
Arrow Model F 1934 103 Single engine two seat monoplane

See also

References

Notes
  1. "Mere Mention". Lincoln State Journal. 27 March 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation (Lincoln, Neb.)". Nebraska State Historical Society. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Stipulation is Made in Foreclosure Suit". Evening State Journal. 6 January 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. "Sheriff's Sale". Nebraska State Journal. 2 February 1940. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. McKee, Jim (12 September 2018). "Jim McKee: Havelock building lives on". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

Bibliography
  • Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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