COMPANY | LOCATION | CONTRACT# | QUANTITY |
COMPANY | LOCATION | CONTRACT# | QUANTITY |
Porterfield Aircraft Co.1 | Kansas City, MO | W 535 ac-26159 | 7 |
Jenter Corporation2 | Ridgefield, NJ | W 535 ac-26507 | 162 |
National Aircraft Corp. | Elwood, IN | W 535 ac-26259 | 1 |
Robertson Acft. Corp. | St. Louis, MO | W 535 ac-26257 | 170 |
WACO Aircraft Corp. | Troy, OH | W 535 ac-25851 | 1,074 |
Ford Motor Company | Iron Mountain, MI | W 535 ac-28380 | 4,190 |
Cessna Aircraft Corp. | Wichita, KS | W 535 ac-27833 | 750 |
Timm Aircraft Corp. | Los Angele, CA | W 535 ac-26232 | 433 |
Babcock Aircraft Corp. | Deland, FL | W 535 ac-26256 | 60 |
General Aircraft Corp. | Astoria, NY | W 535 ac-26158 | 1,112 |
AGA Aviation Corp.3 | Willow Grove, PA | W 535 ac-26255 | 627 |
Laister-Kauffmann | St. Louis, MO | W 535 ac-26599 | 310 |
Gibson Refrigerator Co. | Greenville, MI | W 535 ac-30115 | 1.078 |
Rearwin Acft & Eng. Inc.4 | Kansas City, MO | W 535 ac-26140 | 1,470 |
Northwestern Aero Corp. | Minneapolis, MN | W 535 ac-26936 | 1,509 |
Pratt-Read and Co., Inc. | Deep River, CT | W 535 ac-26213 | 956 |
| | | Total 13,9095 |
1Porterfield Aircraft Company of Kansas City, Missouri, was replaced by Ward Furniture Manufacturing Company of the same city.
2Jenter Corporation of Ridgefield, New Jersey was replaced by Ridgefield Manufacturing Com-pany of the same city.
3AGA Aviation Corporation of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, was replaced by G & A Aircraft, Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri.
4Rearwin Aircraft and Engine, Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, was replaced by Commonwealth Aircraft, Inc. of the same city.
5When tallied by aircraft serial number, only 13,903 CG-4As were delivered, not 13,906 or 13,909 as stated in many published books and articles.
Note: When the Leon B Spenser Research Team adds information on a glider it is added to the glider database. Association members may obtain information on a specific glider number by contacting the Research Team.
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