Barkley-Grow Aircraft

Barkley-Grow Aircraft Corporation
Founded1936 (1936)
Founders
  • Archiebald St Clair Barkley
  • Harold Barkley Grow
Headquarters,
United States
Parent

The Barkley-Grow Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer established by Archiebald St Clair Barkley and Captain Harold Barkley Grow in Detroit in 1936 to produce a small civil transport which incorporated Barkley's patented wing design, the Barkley-Grow T8P-1.[1][failed verification]

History

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Initially purchased by the General American Transportation Corporation in 1939, the company was bought by AVCO only a year later in 1940.[2][3] Meanwhile, Roland A. Freeman the former chief of the experimental division, founded his own company in Santa Monica, California.[4] The Barkley-Grow factory at the Detroit City Airport was seized by the city after a short dispute with Vultee, and turned into an aviation technical high school in 1943.[5][6]

A Barkley-Grow seaplane went to Antarctica in 1939 on board the USS Bear to support the United States Antarctic Service Expedition under the supervision of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd.

Aircraft

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Model name First flight Number built Type
Barkley-Grow T8P-1 1937 11 Twin engine transport monoplane

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ "New Barkley Plane Wing Completes Test". Detroit Free Press. 3 August 1936. p. 16.
  2. ^ "GATX Buys Stock in Air Company". Hammond Times. 14 March 1939. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Aviation Corporation Acquires Plane Firm". Nashville Tennessean. AP. 3 June 1940. p. 3.
  4. ^ "New Aircraft Unit for Local Field". Los Angeles Times. 25 January 1941. p. 8.
  5. ^ "City Would Seize Training Plant". Detroit Free Press. 21 February 1942. p. 1.
  6. ^ Perry, Robert L. (18 August 1943). "New Aero Mechanics High School Ready". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.

Bibliography

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  • Eckland, K. O. (11 March 2009). "American airplanes: Ba - Bl". Aerofiles. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  • Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 37.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 02.