Berliner-Joyce
 | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Berliner Aircraft Company |
| Founded | February 4, 1929[1] |
| Defunct | 1933 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | North American Aviation |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | |
Berliner-Joyce Aircraftwas an American aircraft manufacturer.
History
[edit]The company was founded on the February 4, 1929, whenHenry Berlinerand his 1922 company,Berliner Aircraft CompanyofAlexandria, Virginia,joined withMaryland Aviation Commissionleader CaptainTemple Nach Joyce.[1][2]
Berliner-Joyce hiredWilliam H. Milleras chief designer, and opened a 58,000 square foot factory inDundalk, Maryland,nearLogan Field.[3]The facility operated one of the largest privateWind tunneloperations of the time.[4]TheGreat Depressionended the civil aircraft production market, so Berliner-Joyce concentrated on designing aircraft for theUSAACandUS Navy.[1]
In May 1929 the company received its first order, for theBerliner-Joyce XFJ.Other projects, theP-16andOJ-2,also received orders. A merger between theDouglas Aircraft Companyand Berliner Joyce was proposed in early 1930, but fell through.[5]Later that same year,North American Aviationbought the company.[6]Later, in 1933, the since renamedB-J Corporationbecame a subsidiary of a subsidiary whenNorth American Aviationwas purchased byGeneral Motors Corporation.[7][8]In January 1934 Joyce left the company to joinBellanca Aircraft,and soon after Berliner left forEngineering and Research Corporation.The company was then moved from Maryland toInglewood, California.[1]
Aircraft
[edit]| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berliner-Joyce CM-4 | 1928 | 6 | three-seat open-cockpit parasol monoplane |
| Berliner-Joyce 29-1 Commercial | 1929 | 1 | high-wing utility cabin monoplane |
| Berliner-Joyce XFJ | 1930 | 1 | Prototype single-engine biplane fighter |
| Berliner-Joyce P-16 | 1929 | 26 | Single engine biplane fighter |
| Berliner-Joyce OJ | 1931 | 39 | Single-engine biplane observation floatplane |
| Berliner-Joyce F2J | 1933 | 1 | Prototype single-engine biplane fighter |
| Berliner-Joyce XF3J | 1934 | 1 | Prototype single-engine biplane fighter |
References
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Notes
[edit]- ^abcdAngelucci, 1987. pp.58-59.
- ^Aviation:375. 21 March 1921.
{{cite journal}}:Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^John R. Breihan.Maryland Aviation.p. 29.
- ^Barry Leithiser (27 Oct 1929). "Aviation--Baltimore's First Aircraft Show Holds Significance: City's Gain In The Field To Be Shown Keynote Of Exposition Will Be Importance Already Attained By The Industry Here Locally Built Planes And Representative Types From Elsewhere Will Be Included".The Baltimore Sun.
- ^"Berliner-Joyce and Douglas to Merge".Aero Digest.Vol. 16, no. 4. Aeronautical Digest Publishing Corporation. April 1930. p. 180.Retrieved14 June2021.
- ^"Offer to Buy Plane Firm Here Approved".Evening Sun.Baltimore, Maryland. 11 June 1930. p. 42.Retrieved4 February2020.
- ^"Consolidation of Aircraft Groups Made".Baltimore Sun.16 July 1933. p. 16.Retrieved4 February2020.
- ^"City's Chances to Get Plant are Held Good".Dayton Daily News.29 October 1933. p. 1.Retrieved4 February2020.
Bibliography
[edit]- Angelucci, Enzo (1987).The American Fighter from 1917 to the present.New York: Orion Books. pp. 58–59.