Keystone Aircraft Corporation

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Hello friends, I'll try the Keystone company names. I haven't found very many and I hope that with your help I can fill in some of the gaps.

K.47 Pathfinder 1927 Airliner
K.55 Pronto 1927 Mail Plane
K.78 Patrician 1929 Airliner
K.84 Commuter 1928 Amphibian
K.85 1928 Amphibian
K.97 Sign Carrier ?? Transport

...and the Bomber LB-series

L.B.5
L.B.6
L.B.7
L.B.10 (B.3A)
L.B.13 (B.4A)
L.B.14 (B.5A)

...to be continued?!
 
There was also,

L.B.8
L.B.9
L.B.11
L.B.12

K-17 no details
 
Do you have more informations hesham? Pics, drawing, design year or intended purpose?
 
Company founded in 1920 as Ogdensburg Aeroway Corp., same year renamed to Huff, Daland & Co. and in 1925 to Huff-Daland Airplanes, Inc. They used te name Keystone Aircraft Corp. since 1927 to 1932, whe the company closed. The plant was then bought by the Fleetwings Inc., later by Hall-Aluminum Corp.

Production:
1920- Huff-Daland HD-1B Early Bird - 5-place passenger aircraft with two Anzani engines between the wings, 1 built
920- Huff-Daland HD-4 Bridget - 2-3-place single-engined HD-1, some maybe built as civilian, 3 bought by the USAAS as TA-2 observation biplane
1921- Huff-Daland HD-5 Petrel - variant of HD-4 with liquid-cooled engine (Curtiss OX-5 or Hispano) instead of air-cooled, at least one built
1921- Huff-Daland HD-7 Dizzy Dog - 3-place seaplane, possibly not built
1922- Huff-Daland HD-8 Plover - 3-place passenger a., Curtiss OX-5
1922- Huff-Daland HD-8A Petrel 1 - 3-place passenger a., Curtiss OX-5
1922- Huff-Daland HD-9A - 2-place, Fokker-like wings
1923- Huff-Daland HD-8A Petrel 4 - 3-place passenger a., Wright-Hispano, similar to AT-1
1923- Huff-Daland TA-6 - USAAS trainer, Lawrance J-1, 1 built
1923- Huff-Daland LB-1 Pegasus - light bomber, two Packard 2A-2540, 9+1 prototype
1923- Huff-Daland HD-22 - 9-place, Liberty engine, cargo/passenger/ambulance
1923- Huff-Daland HO-1 - observation version of HN-1
1924- Huff-Daland TW-8 - unofficial designation, tandem-cockpit version of Consolidated
1925- Huff-Daland HD-8A Petrel 5 - 2-place, ?
1925- Huff-Daland HN-1 - USN trainer, twin floats 3 built
1925- Huff-Daland HN-2 - same, wheels or floats, 3 built
1925- Huff-Daland Pelican - 2-place, Wright J-4, agricultural?
1925- Huff-Daland AT-1 - USAAS trainer, wheeled HN-1; 10 built as AT-1, 5 as TW-5 and later renamed
1926- Huff-Daland XHB-1 Cyclops - heavy bomber, single Packard 1A-2540, 1 built
1926- Keystone LB-5 pirate - enlarged LB-1 with two Liberty, 10+1 prototype
1926- Huff-Daland AT-2 - AT-1 tested with various cockpit configurations
1927- Keystone XLB-3 - derived from LB-1, two inverted Liberty engines; only prototype, renamed XLB-3A after equipped wih P&W R-1340-1
1927- Keystone XB-1B Super Cyclops - bomber, twin engined development of HB-1; two Curtiss V-1570-5, only prototype built
1927- Keystone K-47 Pathfinder - civil passenger variant of LB-5, three Liberty, later Wright J-5; 1 built
1927- Keystone K-47A - similar, three Wright J-5, later Wright Cyclone, 1 built
1927- Keystone LB-6 Panther - LB-5 with straight wings, 2x Wright Cyclone, 17 built
1928- Keystone K-47C Sign Carrier - 2x Wright J-5 + P&W Wasp, neon sign on the lower wing used for advertisement
1928- Keystone LB-5A - twin-tailed LB-5, 25
1928- Keystone NK-1 - USN trainer, Wright J-5, 16+3 prototypes, original name Pup
1928- Keystone K-55 Pronto - 3-place mail-passenger a., Wright J-5
1928- Keystone XO-15 - 2-place observation a., Wright R-790, 1 built
1929- Keystone LB-10 - converted LB-6 with Wright R-1750s, single tail, 1 built
1929- Keystone LB-7 Panther - single-tailed LB-6, 18 + 3 converted from LB-6
1929- Keystone LB-8 - converted LB-7 with Wright GR-1860s
1929- Keystone LB-12 - converted LB-7 with P&W R-1860s
1929- Keystone K-78 Patrician - 21-place passenger a. similar to Ford Trimotor, 3x Wright Cyclone, 1 built
1929- Keystone K-78D Patrician - unspecified big modifications, 2 built
1929- Keystone-Loening K-84 Commuter - amphibian flying boat, P&W Wasp Jr,
1930- Keystone LB-11 - converted LB-6 with GR-1750s
1930- Keystone B-3A - series production of LB-10, P&W R-1690s, 27 ordered as LB-10A and renamed before delivery, another 36 ordered later (of which 27 delivered as B-5A)
1930- Keystone PK-1 - licence-built NAF PN-12 flying boat with twin tails, 18 built
1930- Keystone XOK-1 - USN observation a., Wright R-975, 1 built
1931- Keystone LB-9 - converted LB-7 with Wright GR-1750s
1931- Keystone Y1B-4 - bomber based on LB-10, 2x P&W R-1860-7, ordered as LB-13 then renamed; 5 built + converted from B-3A
1931- Keystone Y1B-5 - two machines similar to LB-10A but with smaller wing span and single tail, Wright R-1750-3s, ordered as LB-14
1931- Keystone Y1B-6 - two machines ordered as LB-13 but delivered with Wright R-1820-1s
1931- Keystone B-5A - series-produced Y1B-6 with minor differences
1931- Keystone B-6A - series-produced Y1B-6 with minor differences
1932- Keystone B-4A - series-produced Y1B-4 with minor differences
1932- Keystone-Loening Air Yacht - improved Keystone-Loening K-85, propbably only prototype
1932- Keystone-Loening XO2L-1 - USN amphibian scout, improved Loening OL-6, 1 built
1932- Keystone-Loening XS2L-1 - USN amphibian scout flying boat, P&R R-985, 1 built

In 1924 the company founded Huff Daland Dusters, which used Huff-Daland airplanes for agricurtular work, mostly dusting. In 1928 it split and later became Delta Airlines.
In 1928 the company bought the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp. and continued to develop flying boats in this new division, which was transfered to Bristol. (former Loening employees started new company in the original factory, called Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.)
In 1929 HD became part of the Curtiss-Wright group and was dissolved in 1932 due to no new orders.

LB meant Light Bomber and it was USAAC cathegory, I found no mention of LB-15 or LB-16 being assigned to any comany.

 
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