The Abrams Air Craft Corporation was an
aircraft manufacturer established in
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, making ...
, USA, in
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
as an offshoot of
Talbert Abrams'
Aerial Survey Corporation. Abrams had founded an airline (
ABC Airline) in
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
but found himself increasingly interested in aerial photography.
The new company was created for the purpose of designing and producing a dedicated survey aircraft. The result was the
P-1 Explorer,
designed by Abrams with assistance from
Kenneth Ronan of
Ronan & Kunzl.
World War II interrupted further work.
References
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States
1937 establishments in Michigan
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Lansing, Michigan
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