Flying With The Schweizers: The Story Of Schweizer Aircraft

The story of Schweizer Aircraft is the story of the American dream-a family with a passion for aviation doing what they loved to do. In doing so, they lived their dream and built a company that produced over six thousand aircraft, including a wide variety of aviation products from sailplanes to airplanes to helicopters to military surveillance aircraft to unmanned vehicles. From the launch of the Schweizer brothers' first glider in 1930, to the formation of Schweizer Aircraft Corp. in 1941, making gliders for the war effort, becoming a subcontractor with Grumman Aircraft, and the transition of ownership to the family's second generation, this book shares a full account of the company. It concludes with the company's eventual sale to Sikorsky in 2004-and Sikorsky's mismanagement of Schweizer-which led to its closing in 2012. This account pays tribute to people with a passion for aviation who committed their lives to doing what they loved. It's also a fascinating story of the rise and fall of a family aviation company.

• | Author: William Schweizer|Paul H Schweizer
• | Publisher: iUniverse
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 348 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1532069936
• | ISBN-13: 9781532069932