Successor to Taylor Aircraft Company Inc formed
1936 at Alliance, Ohio by C. G. Taylor as the Taylorcraft
Aviation Company. Renamed Taylor-Young Airplane Company
later that year, and Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation
in 1940. Main pre-war lightplanes were Models B, C and
D, of which C and D formed basis for formation of Taylorcraft
Aeroplanes (England) Ltd . During Second World
War built over 1,900 similar L-2 Grasshoppers for USAAF,
TG-6 training gliders based on L-2, and components for
Consolidated PBY, Curtiss C-46 and Douglas A-26. Built
some 2,800 Model B-12Bs in 1945-1946; went bankrupt
in 1946, but then re-formed in 1947 as Taylorcraft
Inc, producing models BC-12D, Ace, Traveler, Topper,
Ranch, Wagon, Tourist, Sportsman and Special de Luxe.
The factory moved to Pittsburgh in 1954 but then ceased
manufacture four years later. It was re-formed again in
April 1968 as Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation, and from
1973 resumed production of an updated two-seat Sportsman
100. Company ceased trading 1986, and in 1989
was purchased by Aircraft Acquisition Corporation, developed
a series of two/three-seat lightplanes under the F22
designation. From 1992 operated independently of AAC
and took name of Taylorcraft Aircraft.
