Arrow Aircraft and Motors

This article is about the American company. For the British company, see Arrow Aircraft Ltd.

Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation

Industry	Aerospace
Founded	March 27, 1926 (1926-03-27)
Founders	John D. Moore George E. Moore Frederick J. Platz
Defunct	1939 (1939)
Fate	Bankrupt
Headquarters	Havelock, Nebraska , United States
Key people	Swen Swanson

Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Havelock, Nebraska in the 1920s and 1930s. It built a variety of light sporting aircraft.

History

The Arrow Aircraft Corporation founded on 27 March 1926 in Havelock, Nebraska by John D. Moore, George E. Moore, and Frederick J. Platz. In 1928, the Patriot Manufacturing Company, a truck body producer, was purchased and merged into the new entity, Arrow Aircraft and Motors. It began experimenting with using Ford V8 engines in aircraft in 1934. However, by 1939 the company was bankrupt, a consequence of the effect of the Great Depression, and cost overruns with LeBlond engines. Despite a hope that the increase in defense manufacturing – including a contract with Boeing – might save the company, its assets were later sold at two sheriff's sales in 1940.

Aircraft

Arrow Sport

Model name	First flight	Number built	Type
Arrow Sport	1926	~100	Single engine two seat biplane
Arrow Model F	1934	103	Single engine two seat monoplane

See also

• History of Lincoln, Nebraska

References

Bibliography

• Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.

External links

• Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation records at Nebraska State Historical Society