- Aero Commander
Aero Commander was an
aircraft manufacturer , asubsidiary ofRockwell International .History
Aero was formed in
Culver City in 1944 to design and manufacture a light twin-engined transport aircraft, theAero Commander 500 . In1950 it became the "Aero Design and Engineering Company" ofOklahoma . It was purchased byRockwell International in October 1960.THe company later incorporated other aircraft types developed at smaller companies and marketed them as components of the Aero Commander line. It also developed a two-engined business jet, the 1121 Jet Commander, but sold the manufacturing rights to Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), who produced it as the Westwind.
List of Aircraft
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Aero Commander 100 (1960) Single-engine four-seat high-wing piston-engine civil utility aircraft. Fixed tricycle undercarriage.*Aero Commander 200 (1950s) Single-engine four-seat low-wing piston-engine civil utility aircraft. Retractable tricycle undercarriage."'
*Ag Commander A-9 (1950s) Single-engine one-seat low-wing aerial application aircraft. Horizontally-opposed piston engine. Fixed tailwheel undercarriage.*Ag Commander S-2 Thrush (1956) Single-engine one-seat low-wing aerial application aircraft. Radial piston engine. Fixed tailwheen undercarriage.
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Aero Commander 500 (1948) Two-engine high-wing piston-engine civil utility aircraft. Retractable tricycle undercarriage.* Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander (1963) Twin jet engine midwing civil utility aircraft. Later produced by IAI as the "Westwind".
Ag Commander was a brand name used by Aero Commander for their line of
agricultural aircraft . Two unrelated aircraft were marketed under this name: the "CallAir A-9 ", sold as the "Ag Commander A-9" and "B-9", and the "Ayres Thrush " (aka the "Snow S-2"), sold as the "Ag Commander S-2". Both aircraft were originally the products of smaller manufacturers that Aero Commander had purchased. The "Ag Commander" brand was dropped in 1970 when Rockwell dissolved the Aero Commander division.References
* [http://www.marchfield.org/u9.htm Aero Commander Article]
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