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The Cunningham-Hall Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1928 to its closure in 1948.
* Cunningham-Hall PT-6
* Cunningham-Hall X-89 "Mystery Ship" Biplane, with small-chord upper wing.
* Cunningham-Hall X-90
* Cunningham-Hall GA-21M
* Cunningham-Hall GA-36
* Cunningham-Hall PT-6F
History
The company was formed in 1928 atRochester, New York
Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, ...
. It was a combination of Randolph F. Hall, some former employees of Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation and James Cunningham, Son and Company
James Cunningham, Son and Company was an American business based in Rochester, New York, initially manufacturing horse-drawn coaches, that from 1908 onward developed and produced automobiles. The Cunningham company was a pioneer in automobile prod ...
who manufactured motor cars. The company built five different aircraft designs, most were only built in single numbers or no more than prototypes. The last design appeared 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 ...
and the company concentrated on sub-contract component production before it was dissolved in 1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
.
Aircraft designs
* Cunningham-Hall PT-6
* Cunningham-Hall X-89 "Mystery Ship" Biplane, with small-chord upper wing.
* Cunningham-Hall X-90
* Cunningham-Hall GA-21M
* Cunningham-Hall GA-36
* Cunningham-Hall PT-6F
See also
*Cunningham automobile
The Cunningham automobile (not connected with the Cunningham Steam Wagon or Briggs Cunningham's cars) was a pioneering American production automobile, one of the earliest vehicles in the advent of the automotive age. It was produced from 1896 to 1 ...
References
{{Reflist * ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)''. London: Orbis Publishing. Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States Manufacturing companies established in 1928 1928 establishments in New York (state) Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1948 1948 disestablishments in New York (state)