Buckley Aircraft Explained

Buckley Aircraft Company
Type:Aircraft manufacturer
Fate:Bankrupt in 1931
Defunct:1931
Products:Light aircraft

Buckley Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Wichita, Kansas.

Buckley aircraft was founded with US$150,000 in capital in 1929 by Fred Buckley, William J. Carr, Earl Jones, A.J Christman, Joseph Paul, and William Bushnell Stout.[1]

The companies first product, the Buckley F-1 low winged monoplane with a Kinner K-5 engine was not considered a good design and was abandoned. The second product, the LC-4 was a modern all-aluminum four place aircraft that received orders for 200 units for air taxi service. The venture failed due to lack of capital as the Great Depression set in.[2]

Aircraft

Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Buckley F-119291Low wing monoplane
Buckley LC-419301Low wing monoplane

Notes and References

  1. Skyways. July 1999.
  2. Book: So Away I Went!. William Bushnell Stout, James Gilbert.