The Command-Aire was an American aircraft manufacturer from the late 1920s and early 1930s based in Little Rock, Arkansas.
History The company was founded on August 26, 1926 by Major J. Carroll Cone and W. F. Moody as the Arkansas Aircraft Corporation.Smith, 1992, p.224-246 Aircraft were built in the former Climber Motor Company Factory at 1823 East 17th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. After a failed attempt by their first engineer to produce their design, they attempted to arrange the purchase of a production licence for the Heinkel HD 40, and when that fell through they hired a Heinkel engineer, Albert Vollmecke, who would be responsible for the rest of the company's designs. In September 1928, the company was purchased by Robert B. Snowden and the name was changed to Command-Aire. With rapidly declining sales due to the Great Depression, and with no acceptable offers for a merger, the company declared bankruptcy in 1931 and its remaining assets were sold off.
Aircraft Model name 1st flight ATC # No. built TypeGlider1928n/a1glider (NX3895)3C3Juptner, 1962, p.139-140 1928 ATC 53, 2-201 178 or 179three seat biplane4C31929 n/a1Prototype two-seat biplane5C3Juptner, 1964, p.242-2441929 ATC 184, 2-25163 or 64three seat biplaneBS-141930ATC 2-2041Prototype two-seat training biplaneBS-161930 n/a2Prototype three-seat training biplaneMR-1 Little Rocket1930 n/a1Single-seat racing monoplane
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