Loening

Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation

Loening OA-1A
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1917 (1917)
Founders	Grover Loening
Defunct	1928 (1928)
Fate	Merged with Keystone Aircraft in 1928
Successor	Keystone-Loening

Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation was founded 1917 by Grover Loening and Henry M. Crane produced early aircraft and amphibious aircraft beginning in 1917. When it merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation in 1928, some of its engineers left to form Grumman. Loening formed a new enterprise, Grover Loening Aircraft Company, in 1929, which eventually closed in 1932.^[1]

History

1917: Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company, 31 Street at East River, New York, New York.
1928: Merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation as Loening Aeronautical Division.^[2]^{[failed verification]}
1929: Grover Loening Aircraft Company, Garden City, New York.
1932: Ended operations.

Aircraft

Model name	First flight	Number built	Type
Loening Monoplane Flying Boat
Loening M-2 Kitten	1918	3	Convertible amphibian monoplane
Loening M-8	1918	55	Monoplane fighter
Loening PW-2	1920	7	Monoplane fighter
Loening Model 23	1921	16	Monoplane pusher engine flying boat
Loening R-4	1922	2	Monoplane racer
Loening PA-1	1922	1	Biplane fighter
Loening OL	1923	165	Biplane flying boat
Loening C-1	1928	8	Biplane flying boat
Loening C-2	1928	36	Biplane flying boat
Loening XSL	1931	1	Submarine-based monoplane pusher engine flying boat
Loening C-5	1934	1	Development of XSL
Loening XFL	N/A	0	Unbuilt carrier-based fighter

References

^ "Subseries VIII: Keystone Aircraft Corporation". National Air and Space Museum. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "[Untitled Announcement]". Aero Digest. November 1928. p. 929. Retrieved 18 May 2021.