Yunker Aircraft Company Explained

Yunker Aircraft Company
Type:Aircraft manufacturer
Foundation:1929
Defunct:1930
Key People:George C. Yunker[1]

37.6846°N -97.3499°WYunker Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer of the late 1920s[2]

George C. Yunker, was head of a tractor agency in Dodge City, Kansas. He founded the Yunker Aircraft company in Wichita, hiring W.E. Laird as production manager.[3] The company contracted Knoll Aircraft Company to produce some models.[4] The company went into receivership to C.V. Snyder in 1930 with $230 owed in labor.[5]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by Yunker Aircraft Company
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Yunker Y-1-165[6] 19291Biplane
Yunker Y-2-16519291Biplane

Notes and References

  1. Book: Automotive Engineering, Volume 24. Society of Automotive Engineers. 1929.
  2. Book: The Planes of Wichita: The People and the Aircraft of the Air Capital. Daryl Murphy.
  3. News: Wichita Eagle. 21 February 1929.
  4. News: The Wichita Eagle. August 27, 1929.
  5. News: The Wichita Beacon. 13 April 1930.
  6. News: Wichita Beacon. 6 August 1929.