Transland
1946: Transland Co,
Torrance CA.
USA
Built Ag-1 agricultural research aircraft in about 1953, followed 1956 by Ag-2, using components from Vultee BT-13. Plans to build five Ag-2s in late 1950s thwarted.
1957: Transland Aircraft,
div of Hi-Shear Rivet Tool Co (pres: George S Wing).
By 1962, George Wing had moved on to the development of John Thorp’s little twin, which eventually became the Wing Derringer, and a few years later Conrad Barlow took over the assets of Transland, renaming the company the Transland Corporation and moving it to Harbour City in California.
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