Arrow Aircraft and Motors
{{About|the American company|the British company|Arrow Aircraft Ltd.}}
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| industry = Aerospace
| fate = Bankrupt
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| founded = {{Start date|1926|03|27}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|John D. Moore|George E. Moore|Frederick J. Platz}}
| defunct = {{End date|1939}}
| hq_location_city = Havelock, Nebraska
| hq_location_country = United States
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| key_people = Swen Swanson
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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.{{cite news |title=Mere Mention |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/297990980 |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=Lincoln State Journal |date=27 March 1926 |page=6}} 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.{{cite web |title=Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation (Lincoln, Neb.) |url=http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/business/arrow-aircraft.htm |website=Nebraska State Historical Society |access-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621024904/http://nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/business/arrow-aircraft.htm |archive-date=21 June 2010 |url-status=usurped |date=10 February 2009}} 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.{{cite news |title=Stipulation is Made in Foreclosure Suit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/309268782 |access-date=6 December 2020 |work=Evening State Journal |date=6 January 1940 |page=7}}{{cite news |title=Sheriff's Sale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/334809532 |access-date=6 December 2020 |work=Nebraska State Journal |date=2 February 1940 |page=12}}{{cite news |last1=McKee |first1=Jim |title=Jim McKee: Havelock building lives on |url=http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/jim-mckee-havelock-building-lives-on/article_95b153cc-2202-546d-b060-a4157dfe3fe8.html |access-date=6 December 2020 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |date=12 September 2018}}
Aircraft
File:Arrow Sport Lakeland FL 18.04.07R.jpg
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Model name
! First flight ! Number built ! Type |
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| align=left| Arrow Sport
|align=center| 1926 |align=center| ~100 |align=left| Single engine two seat biplane |
| align=left| Arrow Model F
|align=center| 1934 |align=center| 103 |align=left| Single engine two seat monoplane |
See also
{{Portal|Aviation}}
References
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=Bibliography=
{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite book |last= Gunston |first= Bill |title=World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers |year=1993 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location= Annapolis }}
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External links
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- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195818/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/business/arrow-aircraft.htm Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation records]}} at Nebraska State Historical Society
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Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States
Category:Companies based in Nebraska
Category:Defunct companies based in Nebraska
Category:History of Lincoln, Nebraska
Category:American companies established in 1925
Category:American companies disestablished in 1939
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1925
Category:Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1939