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Swift Aviation company history timeline

1940

Worth). My responsibility for the project is to interview employees who worked at the plant during the 1940’s-70’s.

1942

Four months later, on August 10, 1942 Johnson applied for registration for the Rocket prototype.

Three months after that, on November 23, 1942 and on the same airfield, Pop Johnson had an almost identical airplane flying, the Johnson Rocket Prototype. It is interesting that the first wooden Swift NX17688 s/n 1, was scraped on April 14, 1942, the same time that Pop Johnson left Globe.

1943

Kennedy changed the name to Globe Aircraft Company in 1943.

1945

The first, N33336, GC-lA s/n 2, is still in airworthy condition today. It was built and flight tested along with several other GC-lA's in late 1945.

1946

Beginning in May of 1946, TEMCO set up production and began producing GC-1B Swifts at the rate of 15 aircraft per day.

The company did well at first with this new airplane but produced more planes than demand allowed, consequently going bankrupt in 1946.

1947

At that time in 1947 Temco Aircraft Company took over Globe Aircraft Company, and moved everything to their Grand Prairie Plant, leaving the building vacant.

1951

For Sale: 1951 LUSCOMBE SWIFT GC-1B, Sliding Canopy, 210 hp 1287 SMOH, 200appx STOH. 2495 TTAF NO Damage History.

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