Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation

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Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation
Industry Aerospace
Founded1921 (1921)
Founders
  • Charles Cox
  • Alexander Klemin
Defunct1925 (1925)
FateBankrupt
Headquarters,
United States

The Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Long Island, New York in the 1920s.

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History

It was founded by Charles Cox and Alexander Klemin (a professor at New York University) in College Point, New York. The company took over an ordnance plant in Baldwin, New York in 1924. [1] [2] Later that year, it partnered with Ernst Heinkel to design and build a mailplane. [3]

In defiance of prohibition, the company christened its new Nighthawk airplane using champagne in 1925. [4]

The company filed for bankruptcy in 1925. [5] However, bankruptcy proceedings continued into 1926. [6] The case was further delayed after the court could not locate company management. [7]

Grumman would later open its first plant in the shuttered Cox-Klemin factory in 1930. [8]

Aircraft

Cox-Klemin XS-1 Cox-Klemin XS-1.jpg
Cox-Klemin XS-1
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Cox-Klemin CK-1 Twin engine monoplane flying boat [9]
Cox-Klemin TW-2 3Single engine biplane trainer
Cox-Klemin CK-3 Night observation airplane [9]
Cox-Klemin CK-14 Single engine biplane flying boat [9]
Cox-Klemin XS 19226Experimental single engine biplane floatplane scout
Cox-Klemin XA-1 19232Single engine biplane ambulance
Cox-Klemin CK-18 Sea Hawk 1Single engine biplane flying boat [9]
Cox-Klemin CK-19 Amphibious airplane [9]
Cox-Klemin Night Hawk Single engine biplane mailplane [9]

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