Eberhart Steel Products Company was an American aircraft parts manufacturer, formed in 1918 in
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...
. In 1922 Eberhart received a contract to rebuild 50
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A's, redesignated
Eberhart S.E.5E. Eberhart also converted the French made
SPAD S.XIII
The SPAD S.XIII is a French biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War, developed by '' Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés'' (SPAD) from the earlier and highly successful SPAD S.VII.
During early 1917, the French designer Louis Bé ...
, replacing the French engine with an American made
Wright-Hispano E. In 1925 Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company was formed as a subsidiary of Eberhart Steel. The only aircraft Eberhart Aeroplane created was the
Eberhart XFG.
Aircraft
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* {{cite book , last= Angelucci , first= Enzo , title=The American Fighter from 1917 to the present , year=1987 , publisher=Orion Books , location=New York
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States