Globe Aircraft Corporation
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The Globe Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, formed in 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas
. It was declared bankrupt in 1947.
twin engined monoplane. The company was renamed the Globe Aircraft Corporation in 1941 and they produced a single-engined Continental A-80 powered Globe GC-1 Swift
.
With the start of the war the company abandoned plans to produce the aircraft as it concentrated on sub-contract building of 600 Beech AT-10s and components for other aircraft like the Curtiss C-46.
When wartime restrictions were removed the company developed a re-designed and all-metal version of the GC-1 designated the GC-1A Swift
which first flew in 1945. The production of the Swift was sub-contracted to the Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company (TEMCO). In July 1947 the company was declared bankrupt; the assets and design rights of the Swift were bought by TEMCO.
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
. It was declared bankrupt in 1947.
History
Originally formed as the Bennet Aircraft Corporation which had been set up before Second World War to develop aircraft using a Bakelite bonded plywood Duraloid. The company first design was the BTC-1Globe BTC-1
The Bennett Aircraft Corporation Bi-motored Transport Commercial Number One Executive was a 1930s American eight-seat light transport aircraft built by the Bennett Aircraft Corporation...
twin engined monoplane. The company was renamed the Globe Aircraft Corporation in 1941 and they produced a single-engined Continental A-80 powered Globe GC-1 Swift
Globe Swift
|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Davisson, Budd. "Swiftly, Swiftly: An Appreciation of one of General Aviation's Classic Aircraft." Air Progress, Vol. 45, No. 8, August 1983....
.
With the start of the war the company abandoned plans to produce the aircraft as it concentrated on sub-contract building of 600 Beech AT-10s and components for other aircraft like the Curtiss C-46.
When wartime restrictions were removed the company developed a re-designed and all-metal version of the GC-1 designated the GC-1A Swift
Globe Swift
|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Davisson, Budd. "Swiftly, Swiftly: An Appreciation of one of General Aviation's Classic Aircraft." Air Progress, Vol. 45, No. 8, August 1983....
which first flew in 1945. The production of the Swift was sub-contracted to the Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company (TEMCO). In July 1947 the company was declared bankrupt; the assets and design rights of the Swift were bought by TEMCO.
Aircraft designs
- 1940 Globe BTC-1Globe BTC-1The Bennett Aircraft Corporation Bi-motored Transport Commercial Number One Executive was a 1930s American eight-seat light transport aircraft built by the Bennett Aircraft Corporation...
- 1941 Globe GC-1Globe Swift|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Davisson, Budd. "Swiftly, Swiftly: An Appreciation of one of General Aviation's Classic Aircraft." Air Progress, Vol. 45, No. 8, August 1983....
- 1945 Globe GC-1A SwiftGlobe Swift|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Davisson, Budd. "Swiftly, Swiftly: An Appreciation of one of General Aviation's Classic Aircraft." Air Progress, Vol. 45, No. 8, August 1983....
- 1946 Globe GC-1B SwiftGlobe Swift|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Davisson, Budd. "Swiftly, Swiftly: An Appreciation of one of General Aviation's Classic Aircraft." Air Progress, Vol. 45, No. 8, August 1983....
- 1946 Globe KDG Snipe
- 1946 Globe KD2G Firefly
- 1946 Globe KD3G Snipe
- 1949 Globe KD4G Quail
- 1950 Globe KD5GGlobe KD5G|-References:*This article contains material that originally came from the placard at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.-External links:*...