Adcox Aviation Trade School

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The Adcox Aviation Trade School was established in Portland, Oregon in the 1910s. Aircraft created there as student projects starting in the late 1920s include the Adcox 1-A, Adcox Special, Adcox Student Prince, and Adcox Cloud Buster.

The Adcox school began as a trade school for automobile and gas-engine mechanics, but in 1920 it added a course in aviation to its curriculum, focused on the construction and repair of airplane motors. [1]

At different points in its history, the organization was known as the Adcox Auto and Aviation School, the Adcox School of Aviation, [2] Aircraft Builders Corp and the First National Flying System.

In late 1929, after a new two-story building was opened, the school had the largest enrollment of any aviation school in the Pacific Northwest, with 100 full-time students. [3]

List of Aircraft

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References

  1. "Portland Is Aviation Center of Northwest; Three Flying Schools, One Factory for Assembling Planes and Two Companies Operating Passenger Service Are Established in City". The Oregonian . January 1, 1921. Section 5, p. 8.
  2. "Portland Leading in Aviation Work". The Sunday Oregonian . January 1, 1928. Section 1, p. 10.
  3. "Student Fliers Gaining; Adcox Aviation School Has 100 on Rolls". The Sunday Oregonian . December 15, 1929. Section 1, p. 23.
  4. Godlewski, Meg (2023-09-25). "A Tale of Four Princes". FLYING Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-05.