Taylorcraft Aircraft
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Taylorcraft was started in 1935 in Alliance, Ohio by C.G. Taylor after splitting with William Piper of Piper Aircraft fame. Taylor shared Piper's dream of American homes using planes nearly as prolifically as cars, and so tried to design a cheap and easy to build craft to replace the rather heavier framed craft of the time. However, this did not take off (no pun intended), so the lightweight craft became a military craft at the beginning of World War II.
After the war, production boomed until the company reorganized in 1946, and produced few aircraft during the 1950s.
In 1965, Charlie and Dorothy Feris purchased what was left of the company and started production again in 1970. Mr. Feris died in 1973 and Mrs. Feris kept the company going until her retirement in 1985.
New owners moved production to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania until business conditions force the company to close again in 1992. The current owner, Harry Ingram, moved the plant to La Grange, Texas in 2003 and on April 25, 2005 they announced that the factory was moving again to the border town of Brownsville and outsourcing the labor. As of 2005 the company is working with the FAA to re-start production.
Aircraft Produced (incomplete)
- Taylor Cub
- A
- L-2
- DCO-65
- BC-65
- BC-12
- BC-12D-1 ("Ace")
- BD-12
- F-19
- F-21A ("Sportsman")
- F-21B
- F-22A
- F-22B
- F-22C
- Taylor Sport
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