International Aircraft

International Aircraft Corporation was an American 1920s aircraft manufacturer located in Ancor near Newtown, Ohio.

International Aircraft Corporation
FormerlyCatron and Fisk Company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1909 (1909) in California
Founders
  • J.W. Catron
  • Edwin M. Fisk
Headquarters
Ancor, Ohio
,
United States
Key people
  • Arthur Ewald[1]
    (President)
  • Harold A. Speers[2]
    (Vice President)
  • J. Dixon Davis[3]
    (Test Pilot)
  • Raymond D. Harris[4]
    (Chief Pilot)
Number of employees
160[5] (1928)

History

Foundation in California

The Catron and Fisk Company was founded in California in 1909 by Edwin M. Fisk and J.W. Catron.[6][7] In February 1927, the company was reorganized as the International Aircraft Corporation.[8] However, the corporation was forced to move after its factory in Long Beach was unable to keep up with demand.[9] At the time of its move, the company had 80 airplanes on order, but could only build six a week.[10] The vacated factory building would later be leased by the Courier Aircraft Company.[11]

Move to Ohio

In 1927, the company was purchased by a group of Cincinnatians, and moved to a former federal government nitrate plant near Newtown, Ohio.[12][13][7] Production commenced even before the factory was formally dedicated on 12 May 1928, with the first airplane rolling out on April 7th.[14][1][15] Later in May, construction was started on a new steel hangar at the site.[16] In August, the company delivered newly completed aircraft by train for the first time.[17] The company entered two airplanes in the 1928 National Air Tour.[18][19] By October, it had contracted with the newly created Dawson Aircraft Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the latter to act as a distributor.[20] However, the company rejected a follow up offer by the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce to move the factory there.[21] By that point aircraft production had ended.[22] A plan proposed in December called for the company to be reorganized as a Delaware corporation owned by a group of investors led by C. B. Morganthaler.[23][24]

Move to Michigan

The company was purchased by interests in Jackson, Michigan in May 1929.[25][26][27] Land was purchased at Reynolds Field and plans were announced for a new 22-passenger trimotor airliner in addition to the company's existing aircraft.[28]

Following the sale, president Clarence E. Ogden carried out a series of lawsuits concerning the naming of a company receiver and disposition of various company airplanes.[29][30][31][32]

To promote their new company, a women's air endurance record attempt was suggested.[33] To this end, participation from famous aviatrixes Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes was solicited.[34]

Aircraft
International F-17 Sportsman
Model name First flight Number built Type
Catron-Fisk CF-10 ~5 or 6 Twin engine transport triplane[35][7]
Catron-Fisk CF-11 2 Single engine utility biplane[36]
Catron-Fisk CF-12 [37]
Catron-Fisk CF-13 1 Single engine utility biplane[36]
Catron-Fisk CF-14 1 Trimotor transport triplane[36]
Catron-Fisk CF-15 Single engine utility biplane[38]
International F-16 Violet 1 Single engine utility biplane[35]
International F-17 Sportsman 20+ Single engine utility biplane
International F-18 Air Coach 6 Single engine transport biplane
International F-25 Three engine transport[39]

See also

References

Notes
  1. "Chamberlin Being Greeted in Cincinnati". Cincinnati Enquirer. 13 May 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "Cincinnati Entries are Put through Paces for Air Race Across Continent Wednesday". Cincinnati Enquirer. 31 August 1928. p. 24. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. Mueller, Louis D. (22 July 1928). "Aviation Lanes". Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 7. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. Lunsford, T. E. (October 1928). "Ohio Air News". Aero Digest. p. 798. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. "Product of Cincinnati Firm". Cincinnati Post. 5 July 1928. p. 18.
  6. "The International Aircraft Corporation". Cincinnati Enquirer. 20 May 1928. p. 40. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  7. "February 2014 Mystery Plane: Catron and Fisk C.F. 10". EAA Vintage Aircraft Association. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  8. "A Phenomenal Growth-There Must Be a Reason". Aero Digest. August 1927. p. 199. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  9. "Airplane Plant May Land Here". Cincinnati Post. 13 October 1927. p. 2.
  10. "Ancor Airplane Project is Set at $500,000". Cincinnati Post. 15 December 1927. p. 13.
  11. "Briefly". Aviation. 20 April 1929. p. 1339. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  12. "Ancor Plant Purchased". Cincinnati Enquirer. 16 December 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  13. Lawwill, Philip E. (18 December 1927). "Activities of Week in Cincinnati Real Estate Market". Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 3. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  14. "Aviation Lanes". Cincinnati Enquirer. 6 May 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  15. "Hinsch Calls for $250,000 Plane Fund". Cincinnati Post. 9 April 1928. p. 11.
  16. "Skylines". Cincinnati Post. 29 May 1928. p. 13.
  17. "First Load of Planes is Off". Cincinnati Post. 17 August 1928. p. 20.
  18. Mueller, Louis D. (17 June 1928). "Aviation Lanes". Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 7. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  19. "Queen City to be in Air Race". Cincinnati Enquirer. 2 September 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  20. "Pennsylvania News". Aero Digest. October 1928. p. 798. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  21. "Skylines". Cincinnati Post. 5 November 1928. p. 13.
  22. "Sky Lines". Cincinnati Post. 28 December 1928. p. 13.
  23. "Skylines". Cincinnati Post. 1 December 1928. p. 10.
  24. "Skylines". Cincinnati Post. 21 December 1928. p. 24.
  25. "Plant Changes Hands". Cincinnati Enquirer. 21 May 1929. p. 7. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  26. "Jackson May Get Aircraft Firm". Unionville Crescent. 15 March 1929. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  27. "Interesting News Items from Around the State". Unionville Crescent. 24 May 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  28. "Of Local Interest". Battle Creek Enquirer and Evening News. 28 February 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  29. "Receiver is Sought". Cincinnati Enquirer. 28 March 1929. p. 13. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  30. "Airplane Attached". Bradford Evening Star and Daily Record. 11 January 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  31. "Ogden Wins Before Highest Court". Cincinnati Enquirer. 10 March 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  32. "Receiver is Removed by Court". Cincinnati Enquirer. 17 April 1932. p. 21. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  33. "Women Pilots May Attempt New Air Mark". The Herald-Press. 22 August 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  34. "Want Woman to Make Test". Detroit Free Press. 28 August 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  35. Eckland, K. O. (13 November 2008). "American Airplanes: I". Aerofiles. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  36. Eckland, K. O. (15 August 2008). "American Airplanes: Ca - Ci". Aerofiles. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  37. Pentland, Andrew. "Civil Aircraft Register - United States". Golden Years of Aviation. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  38. McLaughlin, George F. (May 1927). "United States Airplanes and Engines". Aero Digest. pp. 404–405. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  39. "International Moves to Cincinnati, Ohio". Aero Digest. January 1928. p. 73. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

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