Aeronca, contracted from Aeronautical Corporation of America, located in Middletown

Middletown, Ohio

Middletown is an All-America City located in Butler and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Formerly in Lemon, Turtlecreek, and Franklin townships, Middletown was incorporated by the Ohio General Assembly on February 11, 1833, and became a city in 1886...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, is a US manufacturer

Aerospace manufacturer

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 of engine

Aircraft engine

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 components and airframe

Airframe

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 structures for commercial aviation

Airline

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 and the defense industry

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. In the 1930s and 1940s, the company was a major producer of general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft

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, and also produced the engines for some of their early designs.

Aeronca has now become a division of Magellan Aerospace

Magellan Aerospace

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, producing aircraft, missile, and space vehicle components at the same location adjacent to Middletown’s Hook Field.
The Aeronca Aircraft Corporation was founded November 11, 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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