American Eagle Aircraft Corp

Established 1925 in Kansas City, with E. E. Porterfield as president.

1925: American Eagle Aircraft Co, 52 St and Prospect Ave, Kansas City MO (fdr: Edward E Porterfield Jr);
1925: 22 St and Harrison Ave

In 1926 built three-seat civil biplane with Curtiss OX-5 engine. Specially noted for American Eaglet light parasol monoplane, first two-seat light airplane to be granted Approval Type Certificate by US Department of Commerce. Several hundred Eaglets built before company suspended operations in 1930 Depression.

1928: American Eagle Aircraft Corp, with refinancing by A A Durant & Co (NYC), Fairfax Airport, Kansas City KS.

1929: Merged with Wallace Aircraft Co.

1930: Merged with Lincoln Aircraft as (Victor H) Roos Lincoln Aircraft Co, Lincoln NE.

1931: Acquired by Porterfield Aircraft Corp.

1931: Bought production rights to Wallace Touroplane.

1942: Company sold to Columbia Aircraft Corp; Porterfield to Ft Smith AR to manufacture gliders until retirement

c.1945. Company sold to Northwestern Aeronautical Corp, St Paul MN (neither Columbia nor Northwestern produced any Porterfield aircraft).

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