Arrow Aircraft and Motors

Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation

Industry	Aerospace
Founded	March 27, 1926 (1926-03-27)
Founders	John D. Moore George E. Moore Frederick J. Platz
Defunct	1939 (1939)
Fate	Bankrupt
Headquarters	Havelock, Nebraska , United States
Key people	Swen Swanson

Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation was a U.S.-based manufacturer of aircraft located in Havelock, Nebraska, active throughout the 1920s and 1930s with a focus on lightweight sport planes.

History

The enterprise was established on March 27, 1926, in Havelock, Nebraska by founders John D. Moore, George E. Moore, and Frederick J. Platz. In 1928, the firm broadened its operations by purchasing Patriot Manufacturing Company, known for producing truck bodies, and subsequently adopted the name Arrow Aircraft and Motors. By 1934, the company initiated trials incorporating Ford V8 engines into their aircraft designs. Nevertheless, the economic downturn caused by the Great Depression, combined with escalating expenses connected to LeBlond engines, resulted in insolvency by 1939. Although the company obtained a defense production contract with Boeing, this did not prevent its decline, culminating in the sale of its assets via sheriff's sales in 1940.

Aircraft

Model name	First flight	Number built	Type
Arrow Sport	1926	approximately 100	Two-seat single-engine biplane
Arrow Model F	1934	103	Two-seat single-engine monoplane

See also

• History of Lincoln, Nebraska

External links

• Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation archives at Nebraska State Historical Society