Weatherly Aviation Company was an American
agricultural aircraft manufacturer formed on 28 March 1961 in California. The company was formed by John C. Weatherley to modify surplus
Fairchild M-62 Cornell military training aircraft for agricultural tasks.
[Simpson 1991, p. 338]
The prototype conversion was designated the WM-62C and over the next five years the company converted 19 aircraft.
When it became impossible to find any more Cornells to convert, Weatherley designed his own aircraft, the
Weatherley 201.
Two prototypes were built and the type entered production in 1968.
An improved version, the
Weatherly 620
The Weatherly 620 is a 1970s American agricultural monoplane designed and built as an improved variant of the Weatherly 201 by the Weatherly Aircraft Company of McClellan, California.
Design
The Weatherley 620 is an all-metal single-seat low-w ...
, was built from 1979; it had a higher gross weight that allowed it carry a larger chemical hopper for spraying.
Aircraft
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Weatherly WM-62C
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Weatherly 201
The Weatherly Model 201 is a 1960s United States, American Agricultural aircraft, agricultural monoplane designed and built by the Weatherly Aviation Company of Hollister, California.
Development
In the early 1960s, John Weatherly formed the We ...
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Weatherly 620
The Weatherly 620 is a 1970s American agricultural monoplane designed and built as an improved variant of the Weatherly 201 by the Weatherly Aircraft Company of McClellan, California.
Design
The Weatherley 620 is an all-metal single-seat low-w ...
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References
*{{cite book, title=Airlife's General Aviation, last=Simpson, first=R.W., year=1991, publisher=Airlife Publishing Limited, location=Shrewbury, England, isbn=1 85310 194 X
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States