Kreider-Reisner
Defunct American flying service and aircraft manufacturer
- Ammon H. Kreider
- Lewis Reisner
Hagerstown, Maryland
, United States of America
The Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company was an American flying service and aircraft manufacturer from 1923 to 1929.
History
The Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company was formed at Hagerstown, Maryland in 1923 as a sub-contractor. By September 1925 the company was operating a general flying service and incorporated. In 1926 it designed and built the first aircraft the Midget lightplane. The aircraft performed well in aviation competitions so the company then designed a two-seat utility biplane. It had decided it was cheaper to design and build an aircraft for use in its own flying services and the resulting aircraft was the C-2 Challenger. A smaller version was designed and built in 1928 as the C-6 Challenger. On 1 April 1929 the company was bought by the Fairchild Aircraft Company who continued production at Hagerstown and redesignated the aircraft in a Fairchild KR series. Kreider remained president, but died on 13 April 1929 in a mid-air collision. Reisner left the company shortly afterward. By 1931, Fairchild had relocated its headquarters to the Hagerstown site.[1] In 1935, the name of the company was changed to Fairchild Aircraft Corporation.[2]
Aircraft
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kreider-Reisner C-2C Challenger | ~167 | Single engine utility biplane | |
| Kreider-Reisner C-3C Challenger | 4 | Single engine utility biplane | |
| Kreider-Reisner C-4C Challenger | ~69 | Single engine utility biplane | |
| Kreider-Reisner C-5C Challenger | 3 | Single engine utility biplane | |
| Kreider-Reisner C-6C Challenger | 7 | Single engine utility biplane | |
| Kreider-Reisner XC-31 | 1934 | 1 | Prototype single engine monoplane transport |
| Kreider-Reisner Midget | 1926 | 1 | Single engine racing monoplane |
| Meyers Midget | 1926 | 1 | Single engine racing sesquiplane |
References
Notes
Bibliography
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1674
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kreider-Reisner.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MD-137, "Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Factory No. 1, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, Washington County, MD", 8 photos, 31 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. MD-137-A, "Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed", 8 photos, 7 measured drawings, 29 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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Fairchild aircraft
designations
| Experimental | |
|---|---|
| Passenger transports | |
| Military trainers | |
| Military transports | |
| Drones and missiles |
- See also
- Ranger/Fairchild aeroengines
- Fairchild Industries
