Globe Aircraft Corporation
| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Fate | bankrupt |
| Founded | 1941 |
| Defunct | 1947 |
| Headquarters | Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
| Products | Light aircraft |
The Globe Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, formed in 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas. It was declared bankrupt in 1947.[1]
History
Originally formed as the Bennet Aircraft Corporation which had been set up before Second World War to develop aircraft using a Bakelite bonded plywood Duraloid.[1] The company first design was the BTC-1 twin engined monoplane.[1] The company was renamed the Globe Aircraft Corporation in 1941 and they produced a single-engined Continental A-80 powered Globe GC-1 Swift.[1]
With the start of the war the company abandoned plans to produce the aircraft as it concentrated on sub-contract building of 600 Beech AT-10s[2] and components for other aircraft like the Curtiss C-46.[1]
When wartime restrictions were removed the company developed a re-designed and all-metal version of the GC-1 designated the GC-1A Swift which first flew in 1945.[1] The production of the Swift was sub-contracted to the Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company (TEMCO).[1] In July 1947 the company was declared bankrupt; the assets and design rights of the Swift were bought by TEMCO.[1]
Aircraft designs
- 1940 BTC-1
- 1941 GC-1
- 1945 GC-1A Swift
- 1946 GC-1B Swift
- 1946 KDG Snipe
- 1946 KD2G Firefly
- 1946 KD3G Snipe
- 1949 KD4G Quail
- 1950 Globe KD5G
- 1951 KD6G Firefly