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5 unusual facts about American Eagle Aircraft Corporation


American Eagle Aircraft Corporation

Victor Roos, a co-founder of the 1921 Roos-Bellanca Aircraft Company in Omaha, Nebraska, had left a management position with the Swallow Aircraft Company in 1928, and was tapped to head the American Eagle-Lincoln Aircraft Corporation.

Eaglet Model A-230 Eaglet: Single-place high-wing monoplane open-cockpit aircraft of conventional configuration.

Eagle Model A-129: Similar to the A-1, but with a five-cylinder Kinner radial engine.

Eagle Model A-101: Improved version of the A-1, with ailerons on the lower wing and other improvements.

Eagle Model A-1: Three-place biplane open-cockpit aircraft of conventional configuration.


Fairfax Airport

In 1931 it was the home of the American-Eagle Lincoln Aircraft company producing the American Eaglet series of aircraft.


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