G Elias & Brother was an American manufacturer of cabinets and aircraft based in Buffalo, New York in the 1920s. A.G. Elias sat on the Manufacturers Aircraft Association's board of directors along with President Frank H. Russell, VP Glenn L. Martin, Charles L. Laurence, Chance M. Vought, S.S. Bradley, George P. Tidmarsh, and Donald Douglas. E.J Elias promoted the construction of a Buffalo municipal airport to aid the local fledgling airplane industry of five aviation companies constructing airplanes and airplane parts. From 1920 to 1925, Elias company's chief engineer, David Earle Dunlap (1896-1957), designed the Elias EM-2 Expeditionary planes. He designed the NBS-3 bomber fuselage and the Elias M-1 Mail plane. Dunlap's Elias TA-1 design was the first United States Army Air Corps Trainer to have a radial engine. After tests a McCook Field, the Army Air Corps selected other manufacturers over the Elias bomber and trainer. The company designed the Elias EM-1 to meet requirements for a multirole amphibian marine expeditionary aircraft. Elias delivered six production Elias EM-2 aircraft with Liberty engines to the United States Navy in 1922.
Aircraft
Elias Airmobile Elias AJE Air Express Elias EC-1 Aircoupe Elias EM Elias EO Elias ES-1 Elias M-1 Mailplane Elias TA-1 Elias XNBS-3
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See also Martin NBS-1 List of military aircraft of the United States List of bomber aircraft
References
Bibliography
John Andrade, U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909, Midland Counties Publications, 1979, (Page 171) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing
External links G. Elias Brothers M-1 mail plane at the Buffalo Airport.