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Industry | Aerospace |
Founder | Orin Welch |
Defunct | 1944 |
Fate | Bankrupt |
Headquarters | , United States |
The Orin Welch Aircraft Company was originally located in Charleston, West Virginia. [1] It purchased the holdings of the Muncie Aerial Company in 1928. [2] In 1929, it inaugurated a new airfield southwest of Anderson, Indiana. [3] Later that year, it would be purchased by the city. [4] Unfortunately, fire destroyed the plant in 1930. [5] As a result, it eventually moved to Bendix Municipal Airport in South Bend, Indiana in 1936. [6] By 1939, it had been renamed Welch Aircraft Industries. [7] It was then acquired by the Aircraft Corporation of La Porte, Indiana in 1940. [8] It was then moved to the Wyoming Valley Airport near Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. [9] By 1941, it was planned for a new factory to be located in Exeter, Pennsylvania. [10] Then, in 1943, a proposal was made to relocate to Scranton, Pennsylvania. [11] However, in 1944 the company went bankrupt. [12]
Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
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Welch OW-1 | 1927 | 4 | Single engine biplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-2 | 1928 | 2 | Single engine biplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-3 | 1928 | 3 | Single engine biplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-4 | 1929 | 1 | Single engine monoplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-5 | 1931 | 38 | Single engine monoplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-6 | 6 [13] | Single engine monoplane utility airplane | |
Welch OW-7 | 8 | Single engine monoplane utility airplane | |
Welch OW-8 | 2 | Single engine monoplane utility airplane |
Formerly |
|
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Industry | Aerospace |
Founder | Orin Welch |
Defunct | 1944 |
Fate | Bankrupt |
Headquarters | , United States |
The Orin Welch Aircraft Company was originally located in Charleston, West Virginia. [1] It purchased the holdings of the Muncie Aerial Company in 1928. [2] In 1929, it inaugurated a new airfield southwest of Anderson, Indiana. [3] Later that year, it would be purchased by the city. [4] Unfortunately, fire destroyed the plant in 1930. [5] As a result, it eventually moved to Bendix Municipal Airport in South Bend, Indiana in 1936. [6] By 1939, it had been renamed Welch Aircraft Industries. [7] It was then acquired by the Aircraft Corporation of La Porte, Indiana in 1940. [8] It was then moved to the Wyoming Valley Airport near Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. [9] By 1941, it was planned for a new factory to be located in Exeter, Pennsylvania. [10] Then, in 1943, a proposal was made to relocate to Scranton, Pennsylvania. [11] However, in 1944 the company went bankrupt. [12]
Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
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Welch OW-1 | 1927 | 4 | Single engine biplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-2 | 1928 | 2 | Single engine biplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-3 | 1928 | 3 | Single engine biplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-4 | 1929 | 1 | Single engine monoplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-5 | 1931 | 38 | Single engine monoplane utility airplane |
Welch OW-6 | 6 [13] | Single engine monoplane utility airplane | |
Welch OW-7 | 8 | Single engine monoplane utility airplane | |
Welch OW-8 | 2 | Single engine monoplane utility airplane |