Manufacturer

Swearingen Aircraft Inc

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USA
Established 1982 by Ed Swearingen.

Manufactured aircraft components and offered aircraft modifications, plus developed and marketed as SX300 a two-seat kitplane (marketed by Airight Inc). Also produced SA-32T Turbo Trainer prototype for Jaffe Aircraft (first flown 1989), and developed SJ30 entry level business jet (first flown 1991).

This is now Sino-Swearingen, due to an influx of Taiwanese money, thanks to the efforts of Lockheed, which needed offsets for their sale of F-16s to Taiwan.

Swearingen Aircraft Corp

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Ed Swearingen became Dee Howard’s first employee. Founded 1953, this company had built prototypes for other makers, including Piper Twin Comanche before 1966, when its Merlin series of twin-turboprop executive aircraft reached production.

The Merlin was Swearingen’s own design, rather than a con¬version of an existing aircraft. The airplane was so well received that it gained 40 percent of the turboprop market in three years.

By late 1960s was building Merlin IIB eight-seater as successor to HA (33 built) and 22-seat Metro commuter airliner. Also offered improved versions of Beechcraft types. Merlin III was 8/10- seat executive type; Merlin IV a corporate version of Metro.

Excalibur Aviation was sold: it had been a division of Swearingen Aircraft, which later built the Merlins and Metros.

In 1971 the company became a subsidiary of Fairchild Industries, becoming Swearingen Aviation Corporation, but later renamed Fairchild Aircraft Corporation.

Emivest Aerospace Corporation is the result of a partnership formed in June 2008 when Emirates Investment and Development Company PSC (Emivest) acquired 80% interest in US based aircraft manufacturing company, Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation (SSAC).

Swanson Airplane Company Inc

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1917: Swen Swanson,
Williamsburg VA.
USA

1922: Univ of South Dakota,
Vermillion SD.
USA

S. S. Swanson was an amateur constructor, and in 1923 co-producer of Swanson-Freeman light biplane.

1925: Swanson-(Edgar) Freeman,
Vermillion SD.

Later worked with Lincoln-Standard Aircraft Corporation.

Swanson Airplane Company Inc incorporated 1930, and developed Swanson Coupe two-seat high-wing cabin monoplane.

1931: Rockford IL.

Swanson Aircraft Co Inc,
Hopewell VA.

1934: Swanson-(Olaf “Ole”) Fahlin,
at Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Co,
Marshall MO.

1935: Fahlin Mfg Co (propellers).

Swallow Aircraft Co

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Walter Beech had made a name for himself in the early 1920s racing a Laird Swallow aircraft and became a principal of the Swallow Aircraft Co in 1923.

1923: E M Laird Aviation Co Inc, Wichita KS.

1923: Swallow Airplane Mfg Co (Jacob M “Jake” Moellendick, Charles L Laird, Walter Beech, Lloyd Stearman, others), 29 St and Hillside, reorganized from Laird partnership.

The Winstead Special was derived by the Winstead brothers from an initial metal fuselage frame developed at Swallow by Stearman and Walter Beech, and subsequently discarded by Swallow. The rejection of the metal frame concept, by Swallow president Jake Moellendick, triggered the departure of Stearman and Beech, and the creation of Travel Air. Beech resigned in 1924 to form the Travel Air Manufacturing Co with Lloyd Stearman and Clyde Cessna (who also became well known aircraft manufacturers in later years).

First product of the Swallow Aircraft Co was Model 1924 Swallow Commercial three seater (a refined Laird Swallow). Type was successful, especially in Middle West, and improved progressively. On April 6,1926 a Swallow biplane (modified New Swallow type, called Swallow Mail plane) made inaugural flight for Varney Air Lines (later part of United Air Lines) marking significant advance in U.S. air transport. Swallow Commercial of 1928 offered with various engines; Swallow Special 3-seater had Axelson engine.

1927: Swallow Airplane Co.

1927: Receivership, but with some refinancing in 1933 (E B Christopher), remained operational as an aircraft mechanic school and subcontractor for B-29 and B-47 components until 1956.

In 1930s company developed Swallow Coupe light cabin monoplane. As Swallow Aircraft Company Inc was developing two-seat low wing types in 1941, but their production inhibited by Second World War.