Huff-Daland Aero Corporation
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Formed as Ogdensburg Aeroway Corp in 1920 in Ogdensburg, New York by Thomas Huff and Elliot Daland, its name was quickly changed to Huff-Daland Aero Corp and then in 1925 it was changed again to the Huff-Daland Aero Company with its main headquarters in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Huff-Daland produced a series of biplanes as trainers, observation planes, and light bombers for the U.S. Army and Navy.
In 1927, the corporation was taken over by Hayden, Stone & Company, a New York City brokerage firm and in the course of the merger it became the Huff-Daland Division of the Keystone Aircraft Corporation
. A single example of the Huff-Daland XB-1
bomber became the Keystone XB-1B
, after its original Packard 2A-1530 engines were replaced with Curtiss V-1570-5 "Conqueror" engines. The Improved -B aircraft had better performance than the original, but still didn't compare favorably to the other aircraft of the period and never entered production.
Keystone merged with the Loening Company
in 1928. By 1931, Keystone had become the Keystone Aircraft Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
In 1927, the corporation was taken over by Hayden, Stone & Company, a New York City brokerage firm and in the course of the merger it became the Huff-Daland Division of the Keystone Aircraft Corporation
Keystone Aircraft
Keystone Aircraft Corporation was an early pioneer in airplane manufacturing. Headquartered in Bristol, Pennsylvania, it was formed as Ogdensburg Aeroway Corp in 1920 by Thomas Huff and Elliot Daland, but its name was quickly changed to Huff-Daland Aero Corp, then to the Huff-Daland Aero Company...
. A single example of the Huff-Daland XB-1
Huff-Daland XB-1
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bomber became the Keystone XB-1B
Huff-Daland XB-1
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, after its original Packard 2A-1530 engines were replaced with Curtiss V-1570-5 "Conqueror" engines. The Improved -B aircraft had better performance than the original, but still didn't compare favorably to the other aircraft of the period and never entered production.
Keystone merged with the Loening Company
Loening Aircraft Engineering
Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation was founded 1917 by Grover Loening and produced early aircraft and amphibious aircraft from 1917. When it merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation in 1928, some of its engineers left to form Grumman...
in 1928. By 1931, Keystone had become the Keystone Aircraft Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
Aircraft Models
- Huff-Daland HD-1B
- Huff-Daland HD-4
- Huff-Daland HD-9A
- Huff-Daland TA-2Huff-Daland TA-2The Huff-Daland TA-2 was an American biplane trainer designed by the Huff-Daland Aero Corporation in the early 1920s for the United States Army Air Service. It was a development of the HD.4 Midget with a 140 hp ABC Wasp radial engine. Three prototypes were ordered for evaluation at McCook Field...
biplane observation/trainer - Huff-Daland TA-6, TW-5, AT-1, AT-2, HN-1, HN-2, HO-1Huff-Daland TW-5The Huff-Daland Type XV Training Water-Cooled TW-5 was a biplane trainer designed by the Huff-Daland Aero Corporation in the early 1920s for the United States Army Air Service.-Design and development:...
biplane observation/trainers (1923-1925) - Huff-Daland LB-1Huff-Daland LB-1|-See also:-Bibliography:* Donald, David, ed. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, ON: Prospero Books, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.*...
light bomber - Huff-Daland XB-1Huff-Daland XB-1|-See also:-External links:***...
Twin-engine experimental military bomber biplane (1927) - Huff-Daland XHB-1Huff-Daland XHB-1-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9....
experimental heavy bomber - XHB-3Keystone B-3|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979, pp. 43, 135. ISBN 0-904597-22-9....
Twin-engine experimental military bomber biplane (1930)