The Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Long Island, New York in the 1920s.

History

It was founded by Charles Cox and Alexander Klemin (a professor at

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) in

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. The company took over an

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plant in Baldwin, New York in 1924. Later that year, it partnered with

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to design and build a mailplane. In defiance of prohibition, the company christened its new Nighthawk airplane using champagne in 1925. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1925. However, bankruptcy proceedings continued into 1926. The case was further delayed after the court could not locate company management.

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would later open its first plant in the shuttered Cox-Klemin factory in 1930.

Aircraft

References

{{Reflist Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1921 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1925 Defunct manufacturing companies based in New York City Companies based in Queens, New York 1921 establishments in New York (state) 1925 disestablishments in New York (state) American companies disestablished in 1925 American companies established in 1921