Loening
OA-1A
Photo: Robert Deering 1985
National Museum of the USAF
Wright-Paterson AFB (FFO)
Dayton, Ohio
Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation was founded 1917 by Grover Loening and produced early aircraft and amphibious aircraft.
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HISTORY

Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation was founded 1917 by Grover Loening and produced early aircraft and amphibious aircraft. When it merged with Keystone Aircraft Corporation in 1928, some of its engineers left to form Grumman. Loening formed a new enterprise, Grover Loening Aircraft Company, in 1929, which eventually closed in 1933.

Many Loening flying boats were similar in appearance to the later Grumman Duck, featuring a single large float under the fuselage. Leroy Grumman had been General Manager at Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company, and after Grumman and colleagues and co-founders Leon "Jake" Swirbul, Bill Schwendler and Ed Poor struck out on their own following Loening's merger with Keystone, Grumman's new company's initial business strategy was the repair of Loening aircraft for the U.S. Navy. Grumman soon began marketing aircraft of its own, based largely on concepts developed at Loening. Almost the entire early Grumman work force were ex-Loening employees.

Source: Wikipedia

AIRCRAFT    
     
Loening Monoplane Flying Boat    
Loening M-2 Kitten 1918 Convertible amphibian monoplane
Loening M-8 1918 Monoplane fighter
Loening PW-2 1920 Monoplane fighter
Loening Model 23 1921 Monoplane pusher engine flying boat
Loening R-4 1922 Monoplane racer
Loening PA-1 1922 Biplane fighter
Loening OL / OA-1A 1923 Biplane flying boat
Loening C-1 1928 Biplane flying boat
Loening C-2 1928 Biplane flying boat
Loening XSL 1931 Submarine-based monoplane pusher engine flying boat
Loening C-5 1933 Development of XSL
Loening XFL   Unbuilt carrier-based fighter