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Thomas-Morse Aircraft
The Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, until it was taken over by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in 1929.
==History==
Founded in 1910 by English expatriates William T. Thomas and his brother Oliver W. Thomas〔http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Thomas-Morse.html〕 as ''Thomas Brothers Company'' in Hammondsport, New York,〔(Aerofiles:Thomas ), retrieved 8/4/2008〕 the company moved to Hornell, New York, and moved again to Bath, New York the same year.〔 During 1912 and 1913, the company operated the affiliated ''Thomas School of Aviation'' at Cayuga Lake in New York state〔 (taking a page from Glenn Curtiss, who did much the same). In 1913, the name became ''Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Company'' and based in Ithaca, New York.〔 In 1915, ''Thomas Aeromotor Company'' was added.
In 1915, Thomas Brothers built ''T-2'' tractor biplanes (designed by Benjamin D. Thomas, no relation to the brothers and also an Englishman, formerly of Vickers, Sopwith, and Curtiss,〔 and later the company's chief designer) for the Royal Naval Air Service.〔Donald, David, ed. ''Encyclopedia of World Aircraft'' (Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997), p.875, "Thomas Brothers and Thomas-Morse aircraft".〕 and (fitted with floats in place of wheels)〔Donald, p.875.〕 to the United States Navy as the ''SH-4''. In 1916, the company won a contract from the United States Army Signal Corps for two aircraft for evaluation, the ''D-5''.〔
In January 1917, the company merged with ''Morse Chain Company'' (headed by Frank L. Morse), and recapitalized, becoming ''Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation'', still based in Ithaca.〔 The company then made an attempt at selling training biplanes to the United States Army and was successful with the ''S-4'' trainer (which included a handful of ''S-5'' floatplanes and a single ''S-4E'') and MB series of fighters. The last company design was the O-19 observation biplane. In 1929 the company was taken over by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, becoming the ''Thomas-Morse Division'', and ceased business in 1934.〔
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