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Acme Aircraft Corporation Acme Aircraft Corporation Type - Privately held company Industry - Aerospace Founded - 1928 Defunct - by 1931 Headquarters - Rockford, Illinois, United States Key people - President: R.S. Link / General Manager: P.H. Ryan Products - Light aircraft The Acme Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Rockford, Illinois, founded in 1928. The company president was R.S. Link and the general manager was P.H. Ryan. Products The company was established to produce biplane sport aircraft in the 90 hp (67 kW) range. The company built one Acme Biplane and also produced the parasol wing Acme Sportsman. The Sportsman was designed by Edward A. Stalker, the head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Only two of that model were completed before the company went out of business by 1931, in the Great Depression. Aircraft Summary of aircraft built by Acme Aircraft Corporation Model name - First flight - Number built - Type Acme Biplane - 1928 - 1 - Biplane sport aircraft Acme Sportsman - 2 October 1929 - 2 - Parasol wing sport aircraft wikipedia.org (en) |