Loening Aircraft Engineering Corporation produced early aircraft and amphibious aircraft.
When it merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation some of its engineers left to form Grumman.
History
- 1913: Grover Loening
- 1917: Loening Aeronautical Engineering Co, 31 St at East River, New York NY.
- 1928: Merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation as Loening Aeronautical Div.
- 1929: Loening Aeronautical Engineering Co, Garden City NY.
- 1938: Ended operations.
Aircraft Models
- Grover Loening (around 1911 - 1913)
- The world's first monoplane flying boat.
(Later models appear under Keystone Aircraft Corporation)
Many Loening flying boats were similar in appearance to the Grumman Duck - single large float under the fuselage.
External Links
http://www.aerofiles.com/_loening.html
