Taylorcraft L-2M at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

Taylorcraft Aircraft is an airplane manufacturer based in Brownsville, Texas. The company builds small single-engined airplanes. They are known for building fabric-covered taildragger aircraft. The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official national museum of the United States Air Force and is located at Wright-Patterson AFB, east of Dayton, Ohio. ... Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ... Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures. ... Brownsville is a city located in Cameron County, Texas, United States. ... The Piper Super Cub is a popular taildragger aircraft. ...

Taylorcraft was started in 1935 in Alliance, Ohio by C.G. Taylor after splitting with William Piper of Piper Aircraft fame. During World War II, their aircraft were used for training, liason and observation purposes. The DCO-65 model was called the L-2 by the United States Army Air Forces. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alliance is a city located in Mahoning and Stark counties in Ohio. ... The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the... Taylorcraft L-2M at the National Museum of the United States Air Force Taylorcraft L-2 is an observation and liason aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. The L-2, adapted from Taylorcrafts pre-war commercial Model Tandem Trainer, was initially designated... The United States Army Air Forces, or USAAF, was a part of the U.S. military during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ...

After the war, production boomed until the company reorganized in 1946, and produced few aircraft during the 1950s. 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning...

In 1965, Charlie and Dorothy Feris purchased what was left of the company and started production again in 1970. Mr. Feris passed away in 1973 and Mrs. Feris kept the company going until her retirement in 1985. 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

New owners moved production to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania until business conditions force the company to close again in 1992. The current owner, Harry Ingram, moved the plant to La Grange, Texas in 2003 and on April 25, 2005 they announced that the factory was moving again to the border town of Brownsville and outsourcing the labor. As of 2005 the company is working with the FAA to re-start production. Lock Haven is a city located in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... La Grange is a city located in Fayette County, Texas. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Outsourcing (or contracting out) is often defined as the delegation of non-core operations or jobs from internal production to an external entity (such as a subcontractor) that specializes in that operation. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... FAA may refer to: Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Fleet Air Arm in the UK Royal Navy Fuerza Aérea Argentina in Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

External links

Taylorcraft official site