Skyblazer said:Does anyone know if it is correct to have the Engineering Division's GL-1 target glider listed as an Aeromarine type?
I have this machine listed under both manufacturers, and since Aeromarine built the Engineering Division's PG-1, it is possible that they also did other subcontracting work for them too... Thoughts?
Dynoman said:BTW, I have pictures of two other projects that Aeromarine Plane and Motor Co worked on, which may not be applicable for this site. One is a motor speedboat and the other is an aerodynamic bicycle fairing that encompasses the entire bicycle. I'm trying to determine if the boat was designed for rum runners, as it has a cigarette boat type design, and the bicycle may have been apart of some racing venture Uppercu was a part of (he operated a famous New Jersey bicycle velodrome about the same time frame as the airplane company).
Dynoman said:Interesting side item to Aeromarine Plane and Motor Co.
Aeromarine's leading distributor on the west coast of the US, Continental Aircraft, Inc., had plans, which were endorsed by Aeromarine, for the construction of an Aeromarine aircraft factory in the area of San Francisco, CA in 1920. This certainly would have made sales easier than to transport aircraft from the east coast to the west coast. Unfortunately, nothing seemed to materialize from this venture. This would have added to the sites of manufacture, which included Nutley, NJ, and Keyport, NJ.
Dynoman said:The Model 41 appears to be a simple variant of the Model 40. According to this site the photos below were taken in 1923 of a Model 40 that was converted to a Model 41 in 1922.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/ac-usn11/aerom40.htm
Dynoman said:I wonder how much support from the company the R-13 received. With an Aeromarine brochure for the R-13 it shows that the aircraft was not just a project aircraft, but one that was most likely intended to be manufactured.