- Cox-Klemin
The Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer on
Long Island from 1921 to 1925.It was founded by Charles Cox and Alexander Klemin (a professor at
New York University ) inCollege Point, New York .The plant took over an
ordnance inBaldwin, New York in 1924. [A History in the Making: 80 Turbulent Years in the American General Aviation History - by Donald M. Pattillo - 1998 - (also available on print.google) ISBN 0070494487]Among the planes it built for the
United States Army Air Service were:*
Cox-Klemin TW-2 (Trainer, water-cooled) [ [http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/specs/coxklemi/coxkxa1.htm aeroweb] ]
*Cox-Klemin XA-1 (Ambulance) [ [http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/specs/coxklemi/coxkxa1.htm Aeroweb ambulance] ]
*Cox-Klemin XS-1 and XS-2 portable reconnaissance biplaneThe company filed for bankruptcy in 1925.
Grumman was to open its first plant in the Cox-Klemin facility in 1929.References
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