Loening Aircraft Engineering Corporation
Loening Aircraft Engineering Corporation produced early aircraft and amphibious aircraft. When it merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation some of its engineers left to form Grumman.
History 1913: Grover Loening1917: Loening Aeronautical Engineering Co, 31 St at East River, New York NY. 1928: Merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation as Loening Aeronautical Div. 1929: Loening Aeronautical Engineering Co, Garden City NY. 1938: Ended operations.
Aircraft Models - Grover Loening (around 1911 - 1913)
- *The world's first monoplane flying boat.
(Later models appear under Keystone Aircraft Corporation) Many Loening flying boats were similar in appearance to the Grumman Duck - single large float under the fuselage.
External Links
http://www.aerofiles.com/_loening.html
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