The Longren Aircraft Corporation was an
airplane
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design and manufacturing firm founded in 1911 by pioneer aviator
Albin K. Longren. From facilities in
Topeka, Kansas
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, Longren produced
numerous models of aircraft until its first bankruptcy in 1924.
The firm was reconstituted briefly in the 1930s but folded again.
[ A new version opened as a ]fuselage
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maker in 1939 in Torrance, California
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.[ Longren retired from the company in 1945, and it was eventually acquired by Aeronca in 1959.][
* Longren Topeka, 1911
* Longren 1912 Biplane
* Longren 1914 Biplane
* Longren 1916 Biplane
* Longren G, 1916
* Longren H, 1916
* Longren D-2, 1920
* Longren H-2, 1920
* Longren LH, c. 1920
* Longren LAK, c. 1920
* Longren AK, 1922
* Longren NL-13, 1932
]
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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States