Loening Explained

Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation
Industry:Aerospace
Fate:Merged with Keystone Aircraft in 1928
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Successor:Keystone-Loening
Founders:Grover Loening
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Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation was founded 1917 by Grover Loening and Henry M. Crane produced early aircraft and amphibious aircraft beginning in 1917. When it merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation in 1928, some of its engineers left to form Grumman. Loening formed a new enterprise, Grover Loening Aircraft Company, in 1929, which closed in 1933.[1]

History

Aircraft

Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Loening Monoplane Flying Boat
Loening M-2 Kitten19183Convertible amphibian monoplane
Loening M-8191855Monoplane fighter
Loening PW-219207Monoplane fighter
Loening Model 23192116Monoplane pusher engine flying boat
Loening R-419222Monoplane racer
Loening PA-119221Biplane fighter
Loening OL1923165Biplane flying boat
Loening C-119288Biplane flying boat
Loening C-2192836Biplane flying boat
Loening XSL19311Submarine-based monoplane pusher engine flying boat
Loening C-519341Development of XSL
Loening XFLN/A0Unbuilt carrier-based fighter

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Subseries VIII: Keystone Aircraft Corporation . National Air and Space Museum . 1 January 2020 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071009125741/http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/findaids/cwright/cwright_sec_15.html . 9 October 2007.
  2. [Untitled Announcement] ]. Aero Digest . November 1928 . 929 . 18 May 2021.