AviaBellanca Aircraft facts for kids
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Bellanca Aircraft Company |
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| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Founders | Giuseppe Mario Bellanca |
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AviaBellanca Aircraft Corporation is an American company that designs and builds airplanes. Before 1983, it was known as the Bellanca Aircraft Company. A talented person named Giuseppe Mario Bellanca started the company in 1927. However, he had already been involved in making airplanes under the Bellanca name even before that. For example, he worked with Wright Aeronautical to create planes like the Wright-Bellanca.
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History of Bellanca Aircraft
Giuseppe Mario Bellanca was a very important airplane designer. He even built Italy's first aircraft! In 1911, he moved to the United States. Here, he started designing planes for different companies. These included the Maryland Pressed Steel Company and Wright Aeronautical Corporation.
Founding the Company
Bellanca decided to start his own company in 1927. He called it Bellanca Aircraft Corporation of America. It first opened in Richmond Hill, New York. Then, in 1928, it moved to New Castle (Wilmington), Delaware.
Famous for Efficiency
During the 1920s and 1930s, Bellanca's airplanes became very famous. They were known for being super efficient and cheap to fly. Many of them set world records for how long they could stay in the air and how far they could fly.
For example, Charles Lindbergh wanted a Bellanca WB-2 for his famous flight from New York to Paris. However, the company wanted to choose the pilot and crew. This made Lindbergh decide to use a plane from Ryan Aeronautical Company instead.
Changes in Ownership
Giuseppe Bellanca was the president and chairman of the company from its start in 1927. He stayed in charge until 1954. That year, he sold the company to L. Albert and Sons. After that, the Bellanca airplane designs were made by a series of different companies. These companies kept making the original Bellanca aircraft models.
Bellanca Aircraft Models
Bellanca and its later owners produced many different types of airplanes. Here are some of the models they built over the years.
| Model name | First flight | No. built | Type |
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| Wright-Bellanca WB-1 | 1925 | 1 | Single engine cabin plane |
| Wright-Bellanca WB-2 | 1926 | 1 | Single engine cabin plane |
| CH-200 Pacemaker | 1928 | 2 | Single engine cabin plane |
| Model K | 1928 | 1 | Single engine transport plane |
| Model P series, C-27 Airbus | 1928 | 25-30 | Single engine transport plane |
| Model J | 1929 | 4 | Single engine cabin plane |
| CH-300 Pacemaker | 1929 | ~35 | Single engine cabin plane |
| TES Tandem Blue Streak | 1929 | 1 | Twin-engine record-setting plane |
| CH-400 Skyrocket | 1930 | 32 | Single engine cabin plane |
| 66-67 Aircruiser family | 1930 | 23 | Single engine utility plane |
| J-300/J-3-500 | 1931 | 5 | Single engine endurance plane |
| XSE-1 & XSE-2 | 1932 | 1 | Single engine carrier scout plane |
| Model D Skyrocket/XRE-3 | 1932 | 7 | Single engine utility plane |
| Model E Pacemaker | 1932 | 7 | Single engine utility plane |
| Model F-1, F-2 Skyrocket | 1933 | 2 | Single engine utility plane |
| 28-70 Irish Swoop | 1934 | 1 | Single engine MacRobertson Air Race plane |
| Model F Skyrocket | 1934 | 3 | Single engine utility plane |
| 77-140 | 1934 | 1 | Twin engine bomber |
| 77-320 Junior | 1934 | 4 | Twin engine bomber |
| 31-40 Senior Pacemaker family | 1935 | 10 | Single engine cabin plane |
| 31-50 Senior Skyrocket family | 1935 | 10~ | Single engine cabin plane |
| XSOE-1 | 1936 | 1 | Single engine scout biplane floatplane |
| 28-90 Flash | 1937 | 43 | Single engine military plane |
| 14-7 Cruisair Junior | 1937 | 1 | Single engine cabin plane |
| 17-20 | 1937 | 0 | Cabin plane |
| 28-92 | 1938 | 1 | Three-engine racing plane |
| 14-9 Cruisair | 1939 | 44 | Single engine cabin plane |
| 14-14/T14-14 | 1940 | 1 | Trainer based on Cruisair |
| YO-50 | 1940 | 3 | Prototype single engine observation plane |
| 14-13 Cruisair Senior | 1945 | ~600 | Single engine cabin plane |
| 14-19 Cruisemaster | 1949 | 203 | Single engine cabin plane |
| Citabria | 1964 | Single engine cabin plane | |
| 17-30 Viking | 1967 | 1,356 | Single engine cabin plane |
| Decathlon | 1970 | Single engine cabin plane | |
| Champ | 1971 | Single engine cabin plane | |
| T-250 Aries | 1973 | 5 | Single engine cabin plane |
| Scout | 1974 | 500+ | Single engine cabin plane |
| 19-25 Skyrocket II | 1975 | 1 | Single engine cabin plane |
Famous individual aircraft
- Lituanica
- Miss Veedol
- The American Nurse
See also
In Spanish: AviaBellanca Aircraft para niños
