Schweizer Aircraft

Schweizer Aircraft
Company typeManufacturer
IndustryAviation
Founded1939 (1939)
FounderSchweizer brothers
Defunct2012 (2012)
Headquarters
Horseheads, New York
,
United States
Key people
CEO Paul H. Schweizer
ProductsSGS 1-26,
SGS 2-33,
list of models
ParentSchweizer RSG
Websiteschweizerrsg.com

The Schweizer Aircraft Corporation was an American manufacturer of sailplanes, agricultural aircraft and helicopters located in Horseheads, New York.[1] It was incorporated in 1939 by three Schweizer brothers (Paul, William, and Ernest), who built their first glider, the SGP 1-1, in 1930.[2] Previously the oldest privately owned aircraft company in the United States, Schweizer was acquired by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation of Stratford, Connecticut in 2004, and became a diversified aerospace company. Schweizer Aircraft ceased operations in 2012. It was sold to Schweizer RSG in 2018 and production lines were opened in Fort Worth, Texas. The company was producing two helicopter models in 2021. The 300C and 300CBI[3]

  1. ^ Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey. p. 236. ISBN 9780850451634.
  2. ^ "National Soaring Museum | Soaring Museum - Hall of Fame - William Schweizer". www.soaringmuseum.org. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Schweizer R.S.G." Schweizer.

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