Barkley-Grow Aircraft

The Barkley-Grow Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer established by Archiebald St Clair Barkley and Captain Harold Barkley Grow in Detroit in 1936 to produce a small civil transport which incorporated Barkley's patented wing design, the Barkley-Grow T8P-1.[1]

Barkley-Grow Aircraft Corporation
Founded1936 (1936)
Founders
  • Archiebald St Clair Barkley
  • Harold Barkley Grow
Headquarters
Detroit, Michigan
,
United States
Parent

History

Initially purchased by the General American Transportation Corporation in 1939, the company was bought by AVCO only a year later in 1940.[2][3] Meanwhile, Roland A. Freeman the former chief of the experimental division, founded his own company in Santa Monica, California.[4] The Barkley-Grow factory at the Detroit City Airport was seized by the city after a short dispute with Vultee, and turned into an aviation technical high school in 1943.[5][6]

A Barkley-Grow seaplane went to Antarctica in 1939 on board the USS Bear to support the United States Antarctic Service Expedition under the supervision of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd.

Aircraft
Model name First flight Number built Type
Barkley-Grow T8P-1 1937 11 Twin engine transport monoplane

References

Notes
  1. "New Barkley Plane Wing Completes Test". Detroit Free Press. 3 August 1936. p. 16.
  2. "GATX Buys Stock in Air Company". Hammond Times. 14 March 1939. p. 2.
  3. "Aviation Corporation Acquires Plane Firm". Nashville Tennessean. AP. 3 June 1940. p. 3.
  4. "New Aircraft Unit for Local Field". Los Angeles Times. 25 January 1941. p. 8.
  5. "City Would Seize Training Plant". Detroit Free Press. 21 February 1942. p. 1.
  6. Perry, Robert L. (18 August 1943). "New Aero Mechanics High School Ready". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.

Bibliography
  • Eckland, K. O. (11 March 2009). "American airplanes: Ba - Bl". Aerofiles. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  • Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 37.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 02.
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