The Verville Aircraft Company was a Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

 based manufacturer of small airplanes and flying boats, which became bankrupt during the Great Depression

Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...

. Alfred V. Verville

Alfred V. Verville

Alfred Victor Verville was an aviation pioneer and designer who contributed to civilian and military aviation. During his 47 years in the aviation industry, he led the design and development of nearly a dozen commercial and military airplanes...

 started the corporation after working for multiple aviation companies. An innovative corporation, it could not survive the difficult financial crisis of the early 1930s

1930s

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The Verville Aircraft Company was located at 4815 Cabot Street, Detroit, Michigan, occupying the former Rickenbacker plant. Verville Aircraft was organized by Walter Briggs, Sr.,
president and chairman of Briggs Manufacturing Company. Barney Everett (Everitt) served as the president of the company. The treasurer was S. E. Poole.

First Airplane

The first dedicated passenger plane that Verville Aircraft produced was the Verville Air Coach

Verville Air Coach

The Verville Air Coach was a four passenger, high-wing monoplane designed in 1929 by Alfred V. Verville and produced by his company, Verville Aircraft Company. It was a comfortable, good-looking cabin monoplane which sold for $10,500...

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After being acquired by Briggs, the manufacturer produced a light plane followed by the construction of two others.

The following designers worked for Verville Aircraft:

• Louis G. Meister
• Edgar A. Goff, Jr.
• Peter Altman
• Myron E. Zeller
• Charles S. Knight (test pilot)

Insolvency

A judge in the chancery court

Chancery Court

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 in Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware

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 appointed a receiver

Receivership

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for the firm in December 1931.