The Stinson Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturing company in the United States predominantly in the first half of the 20th century. A Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Stinson Aircraft Company was founded in Dayton, Ohio, in 1920 by aviator Edward “Eddie” Stinson. After five years of various business ventures, Stinson decided that Detroit, Michigan would be the focus for his future flying endeavors. Stinson found Detroit's business community receptive to his plans. A group of local businessmen — the Detroit Board of Commerce's Aviation Committee — supported Stinson's plans to establish the Stinson Aircraft Syndicate in 1925 at a site southwest of Detroit, where today's Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is located, and provided $25,000 to develop a new monoplane. Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States with a population of 166,179 (2000). ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1920: Events February February 1 - the South African Air Force is established as an independent air arm. ... Nickname: The Motor City, Motown Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Official website: http://www. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from Germany, in-flight (silent) movies shown in commercial airliners for the first time. ... Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (IATA: DTW, ICAO: KDTW), also called Detroit Metro Airport, Detroit Metro, or simply DTW, is an airport in Romulus, Michigan, near Detroit, and is a major hub for Northwest Airlines and its Northwest Airlink partners Mesaba Airlines and Pinnacle Airlines. ... A monoplane is an aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. ...

The six-seat Stinson SM-1 Detroiter made its first flight on January 25, 1926 — the first airplane with a heated, soundproof cabin, electric starter, and wheel brakes. Inherently stable in flight, the Detroiter became an overnight success that enabled Stinson to quickly assemble $150,000 in public capital to incorporate the Stinson Aircraft Corporation on May 4, 1926. Always an aviator at heart, Eddie Stinson was still flying as a stunt pilot, earning $100,000 a year for his efforts — a huge sum in those days. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Stinson Aircraft Corporation sold 10 SM-1 Detroiters in 1926, and started refining the basic design. The Stinson SM-2 Junior, a three- or four-seat high-wing cabin monoplane designed for both business and personal flight, soon followed. Business steadily increased, and Stinson delivered 121 aircraft in 1929. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1929: Greatest number of fatal civil aircraft crashes in US history. ...

Automobile mogul Errett Lobban (E.L.) Cord acquired 60 percent of Stinson's stock in September 1929, and his Cord Corporation provided additional investment capital to permit Stinson to sell its aircraft at a competitive price while still pursuing new designs. At the height of the Depression in 1930, Stinson offered six aircraft models, ranging from the four-seat Junior to the Stinson 6000 trimotor airliner. A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Mogul may mean: a bump in the snow in alpine skiing, a Mongolian the Mughal empire, or any member of its ruling dynasty by extension, any ruler or powerful person, such as a industrial mogul or media mogul a railroad steam locomotive type called the Mogul the largest size light... Errett Lobban Cord on the cover of Time Magazine, January 18, 1932. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1930: Events The Surrey Aero Club inaugurates recreational flights from Gatwick Race Course (now London Gatwick Airport). ...

Eddie Stinson did not live to enjoy the success of his company. He died in an air crash in Chicago, Illinois on January 26, 1932, while on a sales trip. At the time of his death at age 38, Stinson had acquired more than 16,000 hours of flight time — more than any other pilot at the time. Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden) Official website: http://egov. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ...

Two new Stinson designs — the 1931 Stinson Model W and the 1932 Stinson Model R-2/3 — were powered by Wright or Lycoming radial engines and combined dependable performance with a luxurious cabin. These two models were the ancestors of the most famous of the Stinson line — the Reliant, first introduced in 1933. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1931: Events Manufacturer Airspeed Ltd founded in York, England. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from Canadian Siskins aerobatic team is retired. ... Radial engine of a biplane. ... The Stinson Reliant was popular single engine four to five place high wing monoplane manufactured by the Stinson Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation of Wayne, Michigan. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1933: Events January January 16 - Jean Mermoz and crew make a non-stop flight from Senegal to Brazil in 17 hours 27 minutes. ...

From 1933 to 1941, Stinson delivered 1,327 Reliants—ranging from the SR-1 through the SR-10 — each variation building upon its predecessor with upgraded engines and design refinements. The Stinson Reliant SR-10, introduced in 1938, was considered the ultimate, featuring leather upholstery, walnut instrument panels, and automobile-style roll-down windows. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1941: Events Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1938: Events Imperial Airways inaugurates scheduled service from London to Montreal. ...

Another popular Stinson aircraft was the Model 105 Voyager, a three-passenger airplane featuring a strut-braced wing mounted on the top of the fuselage and capable of flying at about 120 miles per hour (193 kilometers per hour). First introduced in 1939, Stinson sold about 530 Voyagers before World War II intervened and the Stinson aircraft line was adapted for an important mission. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1939: Events January January 12 - the RAF Auxiliary Air Force Reserve is formed February February 9 - Alex Henshaw sets a new speed record for the round trip between England and Cape Town in 4 days 10 minutes in a Percival Mew... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII or World War Two), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the...

The 105 Voyager became the U.S. Army's L-5 Sentinel. It remains one of the most used, and least recognized, U.S. aircraft of the Second World War. Serving as a short field takeoff and landing liaison aircraft, the L-5 Sentinel supported missions such as artillery spotting, medical evacuation, aerial reconnaissance, and passenger transport. Stinson delivered more than 3,590 of the versatile Sentinels between 1942 and 1945 under a variety of designations. A few prewar Voyagers were commandeered for wartime use and designated the AT-19/L-9. STOL is an acronym for Short Take-Off and Landing, used in the aircraft industry to describe airplanes with very short runway requirements. ... A liaison aircraft is a small aircraft used by military forces for flying from airbase to airbase, typically ferrying commanders. ... A Beech KingAir of the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service. ... Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942: Events January January 30 - Canadian Pacific Air Lines formed by the acquisition and merger of Arrow Airways and Canadian Airways, along with all the various subsidiaries of the latter. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1945: // Events January January 1 - the Luftwaffe begins targeting Allied airfields in Europe as Operation Bodenplatte February February 13-15 - Allied bombers attack Dresden with incendiary weapons, destroying most of the city and killing some 50,000 people. ...

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps received 458 Sentinels transferred from the Army, designating their models as the OY-1 and OY-2, while two versions went to the British Royal Air Force as the Sentinel Mk. I and Sentinel Mk. II. After the war, most Sentinels were sold for surplus, but a number of aircraft (now designated the U-19) served in the Korean conflict. A few Sentinels remained in active military service until the late 1950s. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force of the United Kingdom. ... The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ...

The Stinson SR-10 Reliant was also transformed for use in World War II as the UC-81, used by the U.S. Army as a utility aircraft, and the AT-19/V-77, used by the British Royal Navy for a passenger transport, instrument trainer and photo-reconnaissance aircraft. The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. ... Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...

The last Stinson aircraft design produced was the Stinson 108, an immediate post-World War II design competing against contemporaneous aircraft from Pipers and Cessnas. Although slow and ponderous, it featured a huge cabin, various luxurious amenities and features, and had an impressive payload capacity. The Stinson 108 was a popular general aviation aircraft produced by the Stinson aircraft company from immediately after World War II to 1950, when the company was bought by Piper aircraft. ... The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. ... A cabin or cab is an enclosed space, in a ship, see cabin (ship), in an aircraft or spacecraft as a log cabin as in a hansom cab see also Uncle Toms Cabin This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... In cargo transport, the payload is the valuable contents of the vehicle. ...

The Stinson name did not last much past the end of World War II. Eddie Stinson's tragic death accelerated the assimilation of Stinson Aircraft Corporation into larger corporate entities: first by Cord Corporation, then by Aviation Corporation (AVCO), and later by Consolidated Vultee. By 1950 the Stinson company was sold to the Piper Aircraft Corporation, which continued to produce 108s for a limited time. Piper transformed an original Stinson design (the "Twin Stinson") into the successful Piper Apache, the world's first general aviation all-metal twin engine modern aircraft. OOPS! link title ... Avco Corporation is a subsidiary of Textron which operates Textron Systems Corporation and Lycoming. ... The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, universally known as Convair, was the result of a 1943 merger between Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft, resulting in a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1950: Events Arrow Air is founded March March 20 - Royal Air Force Avro Lincoln bombers are sent to Singapore to be used against the Communist guerillas of Malaya in the Malayan Emergency. ... The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. ... Piper Aztec The Piper PA-23, named Apache and later Aztec, was the first twin-engine aircraft built by Piper Aircraft. ... General aviation (abbr. ...

References

• "Stinson Aircraft Corporation" by Roger Guillemette, US Centennial of Flight Commission, retrieved January 6, 2006

External Links

• Stinson "S" Junior Specifications and Photos