Stinson
Aircraft (1926 - 1948) designed and manufactured general
aviation and light commercial aircraft.
History
1926:
Eddie Stinson forms Stinson Airplane Syndicate to build
Stinson Detroiter for Detroit Chamber of Commerce.
Organization renamed Stinson Aircraft in the same year.
1931: Controlling interest sold to Errett
Cord. Cord merges Stinson with AVCO (Aviation Corp.) making
Stinson a division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corp., a subsidiary
of AVCO.
1940: Stinson and Vultee merge as Vultee-Stinson
Division within AVCO.
1943: Vultee acquires Consolidated
forming Consolidated-Vultee (Convair). Stinson remains a
division within the new company.
1948: Convair sells Stinson Division to
Piper.
1962: Piper sells inventory and rights to
Univair which makes replacement parts for many discontinued
general aviation aircraft.
