verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message taylorcraft aviation type corporation industry general aviation founded bradford pennsylvania 1935 1 headquarters brownsville texas key people c.g. taylor founder products light aircraft website www.taylorcraft.com 1946 model taylorcraft bc 12 d 1975 model taylorcraft f 19 on skis taylorcraft aviation is an airplane manufacturer that has been producing aircraft for more than seventy years in several locations . the company builds small single engined airplanes . the taylorcraft design is a conventional layout high wing fabric covered two seat aircraft . the basic design has remained unchanged since 1936 and this design is sold as a personal sport aircraft today . contents 1 company history 1.1 taylorcraft inc 1.2 taylorcraft aviation corporation 1.3 aircraft acquisition corporation 1.4 2008 repossession 2 aircraft produced 3 references 3.1 citations 3.2 bibliography 4 external links company history edit the designer clarence gilbert taylor a self taught aeronautical engineer from nottingham england 2 can be called the father of private aviation in america as he designed the original taylor cub in 1931 at bradford pennsylvania . 1 taylor along with his brother gordon formed taylor brothers aircraft corporation slogan ; buy your airplane taylor made in rochester new york in 1926 offering a two seat high winged monoplane called the chummy priced at 4 000 . the chummy failed to sell and after gordon died flying another taylor design in 1928 clarence moved to bradford pennsylvania where the townsfolk had offered him a new factory at the local airfield plus 50 000 to invest in the company . one of the investors was william thomas piper who had made his money from oil wells . 2 meanwhile a disastrous factory fire brought production of the cub j 2 to a halt 3 and piper bought the company out . it was placed back in production as the piper j 3 cub 4 becoming the iconic aircraft of general aviation in the 1930s and 1940s . taylor operated out of a new facility in nearby lock haven pennsylvania . 1 taylor vowed to build a personal aircraft superior to the cub . taylor formed his own company in 1935 as taylor aircraft company renamed taylorcraft aviation corporation in 1939 . in 1936 taylor rented facilities at pittsburgh butler airport and first manufactured the taylorcraft plane . 1 during wwii light aircraft were used for training liaison and observation purposes . taylorcraft s dco 65 model was called the l 2 by the united states army air forces and served alongside the military version of the piper cub in wwii . taylorcraft aeroplanes ltd. a subsidiary based in thurmaston leicestershire england developed the taylorcraft model d and the auster mk . i through mk . v which became the backbone aircraft of the british aop air observation post and the three canadian aop squadrons no. 664 squadron rcaf no. 665 squadron rcaf and no. 666 squadron rcaf . taylorcraft inc edit in the fall of 1946 production was halted following a fire in the taylorcraft factory at alliance ohio 1 and the company went into bankruptcy . 5 in 1949 c.g. taylor bought the assets from the former company and started a new company taylorcraft inc. at conway pennsylvania . 5 the company restarted production of the bc 12d traveller and the bc 12 85d sportsman . 5 the company produced few aircraft and the type certificates were sold to univair and production was halted . 5 taylorcraft aviation corporation edit in 1971 the taylorcraft aviation corporation owned by charles feris put the model 19 back into production as the f 19 sportsman 5 and added the f 21 model . feris died in 1976 and the production continued at a low rate until 1985 . 5 charles ruckle bought the company in 1985 and he moved the operation to lock haven pennsylvania where the company produced 16 aircraft before it went bankrupt in 1986 and the company was offered for sale . 5 aircraft acquisition corporation edit the west virginia based company was set up to put one new model in certification and develop a distribution network . when the assets were sold to key investor east kent capitol . 6 2008 repossession edit on february 21 2008 the company was repossessed by its former owner taylorcraft 2000 llc . the previous owners had taken orders for new struts for existing aircraft to alleviate a repetitive inspection airworthiness directive and is delivering struts to customers . the design s type certificates drawings jigs templates and parts have been put up for sale . 7 aircraft produced edit taylorcraft l 2m at the national museum of the united states air force taylor cub taylorcraft a b and d taylorcraft l 2 grasshopper taylorcraft lbt taylorcraft tg 6 taylorcraft ace taylorcraft tourist taylorcraft traveler taylorcraft de luxe 65 taylorcraft de luxe 85 taylorcraft f 19 sportsman taylorcraft special de luxe taylorcraft 20 ranch wagon taylorcraft 20 topper taylorcraft seabird taylorcraft zephyr taylorcraft f 21 taylorcraft f 22 references edit citations edit a b c d e the pittsburgh press move stated to bring plane factory here july 22 1947 a b aeroplane monthly april 1987 issue for business and pleasure article p. 188 donald david ed . encyclopedia of world aircraft etobicoke ontario prospero books 1997 p. 874 taylor chummy and cub . donald p. 874 . a b c d e f g simpson 1991 pp. 323 325 sale of taylorcraft and management change completed . air progress 27 . april 1991 . niles russ march 2008 . taylorcraft repossessed strut customers contacted . retrieved 2008 03 10 . bibliography edit fromow lt col. d.l. canada s flying gunners air observation post pilot s association ottawa canada . 2002 . isbn 0 9730055 0 5 simpson r.w airlife s general aviation airlife publishing england 1991 . isbn 1 85310 194 x external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to taylorcraft aircraft . taylorcraft factory website the taylorcraft story by chet peek book covering the history of c.g. taylor s aircraft designs v t e taylorcraft aircraft taylorcraft designations a b d 15 16 18 19 20 f 21 f 22 military designations c 95 l 2 o 57 tg 6 lmt retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title taylorcraft aircraft & oldid 741229475 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesbrownsville texascompanies established in 1935manufacturing companies based in texascompanies based in texashidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2008all articles needing additional referencesvague or ambiguous time from december 2013commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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