The Verville Aircraft Company was a Detroit , Michigan based manufacturer of small airplanes and flying boats, which became bankrupt during the Great Depression . Alfred V. Verville started the corporation after working for multiple aviation companies. An innovative corporation, it could not survive the difficult financial crisis of the early 1930s. The Verville Aircraft Company was located at 4815 Cabot Street, Detroit, Michigan, occupying the former Rickenbacker plant. Verville Aircraft was organized by Walter Briggs, Sr. , president and chairman of Briggs Manufacturing Company . Barney Everett (Everitt) served as the president of the company. The treasurer was S. E. Poole.
4-622: The first dedicated passenger plane that Verville Aircraft produced was the Verville Air Coach . After being acquired by Briggs, the manufacturer produced a light plane followed by the construction of two others. The following designers worked for Verville Aircraft: A judge in the chancery court in Wilmington, Delaware appointed a receiver for the firm in December 1931. Verville Air Coach The Verville Air Coach
8-555: A 110 HP, 7 cylinder Warner Scarab, it was then sporting a 5 cyl. Wright J6 of 165 HP. Ultimately, the Air Coach would be powered by the 7 cyl. J6 of 225 HP as the model 104-C, with ATC #267. At least six of this model were produced through 1931. It spanned 44' of Clark Y, had a length of 28' 9" and a useful load of 2166 lbs, grossing at 3400 lbs. Speed maxed at 130 mph, cruised at 110, and would land at 50 mph. Edo floats were also available for this ATC. Construction of
12-406: The fuse and tail was steel tube with a clever arrangement that eliminated awkward framing around the windows of the passenger compartment. The sponsons served as attach points for both the landing gear and the forward wing struts, and also were storage for tool kit, battery and other miscellany! Wings were wood with aluminum ailerons and leading edge sheeting. The cabin was mohair fabric upholstered in
16-507: Was a four-passenger, high-wing monoplane designed in 1927 by Alfred V. Verville and produced by his company, Verville Aircraft Company . It was a comfortable, good-looking cabin monoplane which sold for $ 10,500. The plane made its debut at the Detroit Air Show in 1929. Sources vary, but only 10-16 were built before Verville declared bankruptcy in 1931 at the beginning of the great depression. Having been powered originally by
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