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The O.W. Timm Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by Otto William Timm, based in Los Angeles, California. ==History== Between 1911 and 1922 O.W. Timm built several aircraft with varying success before he founded, in 1922, the O.W. Timm Aircraft Company. Timm manufactured six models of a parasol design, the Collegiate. In 1934 Otto and his brother Wally Timm joined to form a new company named the Timm Airplane Company to produce the Timm T-S140, a high wing twin engine aircraft using new features developed at NACA such as flaps and tricycle landing gear.〔Hansen 2003, p. 340.〕 Wally Timm formed his own Glendale based aviation company later on, the Wally Timm Inc.〔''Aero Digest,'' Volume 40, 1942.〕 The company developed a "plastic" material made of resin and wood similar to the Duramold process. The Duramold and Haskelite process was first developed in 1937. Followed by Gene Vidal's Weldwood and later the Aeromold process. The Aeromold process differs in that it is baked at a low at cutting and forming, and for fusing together sections after the resins are added.〔Ballard, Richard. "Plastic Airplanes." ''The Ohio State Engineer,'' April 1942, p. 24.〕 In 1939, at the onset of World War II, the company operated as the Timm Aircraft Corporation, building the PT160K trainer prototype using the aeromold process. By 1941, the U.S Navy ordered the aeromold N2T-1 with a production run reaching 260 aircraft along with other small aircraft parts made of the aeromold process. Profits increased to $70,000 from $240 the year prior.〔Juptner 1993, p. 178.〕 The company also license-built 436 of the CG-4A glider used by allied troops.〔Andrade 1979, p. 96.〕 A Plywood construction variant, the CG-4B was developed by Timm in case of material shortages, but did not go into production.〔Mrazek 2011, p. 374.〕 In some episodes of the 1941 movie serial, Sky Raiders, aircraft hangars of Timm Aircraft Corporation are clearly visible. They were located adjacent to the Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. After World War II, the company specialized in returning surplus Douglas C-47 aircraft back into airliner configurations.〔''American Aviation, Volume 10,'' 1946.〕 The company also created a subsidiary, Timm Industries, Inc to manufacture vending machines such as the Frank-O-Matic and Coca-Cola bottle dispensers.〔''Aviation News'' (Robert Hudson Wood), Volume 6, 1946.〕 By 1948, production had ceased to the point where the company leased out its production facilities to the Marquardt Corporation, a maker of Ramjet engines.〔"Timm Leases Van Nuys Plant." ''The Los Angeles Times,'' November 20, 1948.〕 In 1953, a proxy war among shareholders was started, with C. D. Rudolph winning control of the board. The company did not produce any new aircraft after this point.〔"Rudolph Wins Timm Control." ''The Los Angeles Times,'' December 24, 1953.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O.W. Timm Aircraft Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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