Kreider-Reisner

{{Short description|Defunct American flying service and aircraft manufacturer}}

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| image = File:Fairchild KR-34.jpg

| image_caption = Fairchild KR-34

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| industry = Aerospace

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| successor = Fairchild Aircraft

| founded = {{Start date and age|1923}}

| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Ammon H. Kreider|Lewis Reisner}}

| defunct = {{End date|1929}}

| hq_location_city = Hagerstown, Maryland

| hq_location_country = United States of America

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The Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company was an American flying service and aircraft manufacturer from 1923 to 1929.

History

The Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company was formed at Hagerstown, Maryland in 1923 as a sub-contractor. By September 1925 the company was operating a general flying service and incorporated. In 1926 it designed and built the first aircraft the Midget lightplane. The aircraft performed well in aviation competitions so the company then designed a two-seat utility biplane. It had decided it was cheaper to design and build an aircraft for use in its own flying services and the resulting aircraft was the C-2 Challenger. A smaller version was designed and built in 1928 as the C-6 Challenger. On 1 April 1929 the company was bought by the Fairchild Aircraft Company who continued production at Hagerstown and redesignated the aircraft in a Fairchild KR series. Kreider remained president, but died on 13 April 1929 in a mid-air collision. Reisner left the company shortly afterward. By 1931, Fairchild had relocated its headquarters to the Hagerstown site.{{cite book|title=A History in the Making: 80 Turbulent Years in the American General Aviation Industry|author=Donald M. Pattillo|page=11}} In 1935, the name of the company was changed to Fairchild Aircraft Corporation.{{cite magazine |title=Company Name Changed |magazine=Aero Digest |date=March 1935 |page=59 |url=https://archive.org/details/aerodigest2619unse/page/n242 |accessdate=3 June 2021}}

Aircraft

File:Kreider Riesner Midget left side Aero Digest November 1926.jpg

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Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type
align=left\| Kreider-Reisner C-2C Challenger \|align=center\| \|align=center\| ~167 \|align=left\| Single engine utility biplane
align=left\| Kreider-Reisner C-3C Challenger \|align=center\| \|align=center\| 4 \|align=left\| Single engine utility biplane
align=left\| Kreider-Reisner C-4C Challenger \|align=center\| \|align=center\| ~69 \|align=left\| Single engine utility biplane
align=left\| Kreider-Reisner C-5C Challenger \|align=center\| \|align=center\| 3 \|align=left\| Single engine utility biplane
align=left\| Kreider-Reisner C-6C Challenger \|align=center\| \|align=center\| 7 \|align=left\| Single engine utility biplane
align=left\| Kreider-Reisner XC-31 \|align=center\| 1934 \|align=center\| 1 \|align=left\| Prototype single engine monoplane transport
align=left\| Kreider-Reisner Midget \|align=center\| 1926 \|align=center\| 1 \|align=left\| Single engine racing monoplane
align=left\| Meyers Midget \|align=center\| 1926 \|align=center\| 1 \|align=left\| Single engine racing sesquiplane

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Model name

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align=left| Kreider-Reisner C-2C Challenger

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|align=center| ~167