Command-Aire

The Command-Aire was an American aircraft manufacturer from the late 1920s and early 1930s based in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Command-Aire

Formerly	Arkansas Aircraft Corporation
Industry	Aerospace
Predecessor	Arkansas Aircraft Company
Founded	1926; 99 years ago (1926)
Founders	Major John Carroll Cone W. F. Moody
Defunct	1931; 94 years ago (1931)
Fate	Bankrupt
Headquarters	Little Rock, Arkansas , United States
Key people	Albert Vollmecke Robert B. Snowden
Products	Aircraft

Command-Aire 5C3 N997E

History

The company was founded on August 26, 1926 by Major J. Carroll Cone and W. F. Moody as the Arkansas Aircraft Corporation.^[1][2] Aircraft were built in the former Climber Motor Company Factory at 1823 East 17th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas.^[3] After a failed attempt by their first engineer to produce their design, they attempted to arrange the purchase of a production licence for the Heinkel HD 40, and when that fell through they hired a Heinkel engineer, Albert Vollmecke, who would be responsible for the rest of the company's designs.^[2] In September 1928, the company was purchased by Robert B. Snowden and the name was changed to Command-Aire. With rapidly declining sales due to the Great Depression, and with no acceptable offers for a merger, the company declared bankruptcy in 1931 and its remaining assets were sold off.^[1]

Aircraft

Model name	1st flight	ATC #	No. built	Type
Glider[4]	1928	n/a	1	glider (NX3895)
3C3[5]	1928	ATC 53, 2-201	178 or 179	three seat biplane
4C3	1929	n/a	1	Prototype two-seat biplane
5C3[6]	1929	ATC 184, 2-251	63 or 64	three seat biplane
BS-14	1930	ATC 2-204	1	Prototype two-seat training biplane
BS-16	1930	n/a	2	Prototype three-seat training biplane
MR-1 Little Rocket	1930	n/a	1	Single-seat racing monoplane