The Beginnings
The Chummy
Taylor Cub E-2

Taylor/Young Model "A"

Model BC
Model BL
Model BF

Model DC
Model DL

Model DF

Model  BC-12-D
Model  BC-12-D-1
Model  BC-12-D-85

Model  15A
Model  19

First Taylorcraft Chummy

 Taylorcraft began in 1926 when Clarence Gilbert (CG) Taylor and his brother Gordon decided to build a small inexpensive aircraft  that the general public could afford to fly and own.  Their first plane was the two seat Chummy.

Below is a short chronology of CG Taylor's mark on aviation.  

1926: North Star Aerial Service Corp, Newark NJ.

1927: (CG & Gordon) Taylor Bros Aircraft Mfg. Corp, Rochester NY.

1927: Arrowing Co., Rochester NY.

1928: Taylor Bros Aircraft Co, Emery Field, Bradford PA.

1931: Taylor Aircraft Co (W T Piper, C G Taylor), Bradford PA.

1936: Taylorcraft, Butler PA. July 1936: Alliance OH.

1937: Taylor-Young Airplane Co, Alliance, and Taylor Aircraft Co, Bradford PA.

1937: Cub production to Piper Aircraft Corp.

1938: Reorganized as Taylorcraft Aviation Corp.

1941: New factory dedicated at Alliance OH.

1945: Taylorcraft Div, Detroit Aircraft Products Inc, Alliance, OH.

1946: Ended operations in bankruptcy.

1947: Reorganized as Taylorcraft Inc, Conway PA and (c.1950) Connellsville PA.

1955: Production rights acquired by Univair Aircraft Corp, Denver CO.

1967: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp (Charles & Dorothy Feris), Alliance OH.

1985: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp (George Ruckles), Piper Airport, Lock Haven PA.

1990: Taylorcraft Aircraft Corp., John Polychron, Lock Haven, PA.

1994: Syncrom, Inc., Lock Haven.

1997: Airborne Marketing, Inc

1999: Booth-Taylorcraft Aerospace, Greensboro NC.

2000: Taylorcraft 2000 LLC (L F Booth & Harvey Patrick), Georgetown DE.

2003: Taylorcraft Aviation, LLC, La Grange, TX.

Taylor Bros Mfg. Corp

Chummy

Date: 1928

Engine: 90hp to125hp

Wingspan: 34’

Length: 22’

Speeds: 110/100/38

Taylor Aircraft Company

Taylor E-2 Cub

Date: 1931

Engine: 40hp

Wingspan: 35’3”

Length: 23’3”

Speeds: 80/68/28

Load: 400lb

Taylor F-2 Cub

Date: 1934

Engine: 40hp

Wingspan: 35’3”

Length: 22’0”

Speeds: 85/75/30

Load: 405lb

Taylor J-2 Cub

Date: 1936

Engine: 40hp

Wingspan: 35’3”

Length: 22’5”

Speeds: 87/70/30

Load: 407lb

Taylor -Young Airplane Company

Taylor -Young Model A

Date: 1936

Engine: 40hp

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’0”

Speeds: 91/80/32

Load: 420lb

Taylorcraft Aviation Corp.

Taylorcraft ‘B models’

BC

Date: 1938

Engine: 50hp / 65hp

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’0”

Speeds: 97/88/35, 105/95/38

Load: 468lb, 510lb

BC-12 (BC-12-D Standard and Deluxe)

Date: 1941, 1946

Engine: 65hp / 85hp

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’0”

Speeds: 105/95/35, 120/110/40

Load: 470lb

BF

Date:1938

Engine:  60 hp Franklin

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’0”

Speeds: 105/95/35

Load: 470lb

BF–12 Deluxe

Date:1941

Engine:  60 hp Franklin

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’0”

Speeds: 105/95/35

Load: 470lb

BL

Date:1938

Engine: 50hp Lycoming

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’0”

Speeds: 97/88/35

Load: 468lb

BL-12 Deluxe

Date:1941

Engine: 65hp Lycoming

Taylorcraft ‘D models’

DC (Tandem-seat trainer)

Date: 1941

Engine: 65hp

Wingspan: 35’5”

Length: 22’9”

Speeds: 102/92/35

Load: 480lb

DC (Tandem-seat trainer)

Date: 1941

Engine: 65hp

Wingspan: 35’5”

Length: 22’9”

Speeds: 102/92/35

Load: 480lb

DF

Date: 1941

Engine: 65hp Franklin

Wingspan: 35’5”

Length: 22’9”

Speeds: 102/92/35

Load: 480lb

DL

Date: 1941

Engine: 65hp

Wingspan: 35’5”

Length: 22’9”

Speeds: 102/92/35

Load: 480lb

Taylorcraft  Model 15

Taylorcraft  Model 15, 15-A Foursome, Tourist and

Model 16 (All metal)

Date: 1944

Engine: 145hp, 150hp

Wingspan: 36’3”

Length: 24’0”

Speeds: 125/112/38

Load: 925lb

Taylorcraft  Model 19

Model 19 Sportsman,

Standard, Custom, and Deluxe.

Date: 1951, 1952

Engine: 85hp

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’2”

Speeds: 120/110/40

Load: 480lb

Taylorcraft  Models F 19, F 21

and F 22's

Model F-19 Sportsman 100

Date: 1973

Engine: 100hp

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’1”

Speeds: 127/115/43

Load: 600lb

Model F-21 and F-21A

Date: 1980

Engine: 118hp

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’2”

Speeds: 130/120/43

Load: 510lb

Model F-22 and  F-22A (

New Aircraft in 2004 by Taylorcraft Aviation LLC)

Conventional F-22  and  Tricycle Gear F-22A

Date: 1990

Engine: 118hp

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’2”

Speeds: 120/110/42

Load: 660lb

Model F-22B and F-22C

 (New Aircraft in 2004 by Taylorcraft Aviation LLC)

Conventional F-22B  and  Tricycle Gear F-22C

Date: 1990 

Engine: 180hp

Wingspan: 36’0”

Length: 22’2”

Speeds: 135/125/42

Load: 565lb

Taylorcraft Ltd, England

Auster Autocrat (Based on B Model)

Date: 1953 to 1968

Auster Mk III, IV/V (Based on D Model)

Date: 1953 to 1968

Engine: 130hp/125hp

Wingspan: 35’5”

Length: 22’9”

Speeds: 102/92/35

Load: 480lb

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