Formed in Kansas City October 1942, after the acquisition
of Rearwin Aircraft & Engines Inc. by New York interests. In 1943 it received substantial orders for Waco
CG-3A and -4A troop-carrying gliders for the USAAF. It
obtained manufacturing rights in 1945 for the Trimmer
three-seat twin-engined light amphibian (prototype only),
formerly built by Allied Aviation. In 1946 Commonwealth
Aircraft Inc. began producing Model 185, a development
of the prewar Rearwin Model 175. Early that year
the company took over the Columbia Aircraft Corporation, all manufacturing being transferred to the letter's
Valley Stream factory. In March 1946 it acquired a nonaircraft
company at Port Washington as a manufacturing base for the Trimmer, which did not go into series production.
The Skyranger model was built in small numbers
in 1946-1948.
