Connecticut Aircraft Company

Several patents and a Navy contract are associated with the Connecticut Aircraft Company. It's possible that "Connecticut Aeroplane Co." is the same operation. It made a bid in 1915 to make US Navy aircraft, and had a manufacturing location in New Haven by 1917.

Sources:

• "In 1913, a group of New Haven businessmen incorporated the Connecticut Aircraft Company, the state’s first public aircraft enterprise. Though organized to manufacture heavier-than-air craft, the company found itself building balloons and dirigibles for the US Navy instead. Following World War I, the company was unable to attract further business and was dissolved in the 1920s."
• "Address: 120 Haven Street, Fair Haven, New Haven ... 1917 New Haven Directory lists the company at 136 Haven Street ... In March 1915, the office of Naval Aeronautics issued specifications for a dirigible and the Navy Department received bids from three companies. Connecticut Aircraft Co. was awarded a contract to build one dirigible. In February 1917, the company was awarded contract to build two Coast Patrol dirigibles, along with three other companies for a total of sixteen. The company was bought by the Aircraft Construction Co. in 1921. see https://www.newenglandaviationhistory.com/tag/the-connecticut-aircraft-company/ Also see 2/2020 article at ConnecticutHistory.org by Elizabeth Correia entitled 'DN-1: The US Navy's First Airship' (https://connecticuthistory.org/dn-1-the-us-navys-first-airship/)" and "Woodhouse, Henry. Textbook of Naval Aeronautics (NY: The Century Co., 1917)" -- https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/connecticut-aircraft-co

References

Patents associated with organizations named Connecticut Aircraft Company, Connecticut Aircraft, or Connecticut Aeroplane Co.

• Patent US-1909-1118881 (Inventors: Rexford M. Smith, English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1909-02-13)
• Patent US-1911-1128378 (Inventors: Rexford M. Smith, English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1911-03-11)
• Patent US-1911-1118375 (Inventors: Rexford M. Smith, English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1911-06-26)
• Patent US-1915-1128379 (Inventors: Rexford M. Smith, English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1912-01-02)
• Patent US-1915-1130208 (Inventors: Rexford M. Smith, English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1912-01-20)
• Patent US-1915-1288721 (Inventors: Rexford M. Smith, English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1915-01-12)
• Patent US-1917-1288451 (Inventors: Charles F. Smyth, English title: Kite, captive, or observation balloon, Filing date: 1917-02-23)
• Patent US-1919-1376121 (Inventors: Charles F. Smyth, English title: Kite, captive, or observation balloon, Filing date: 1919-10-04)

People affiliated with Connecticut Aircraft Company or Connecticut Aircraft or Connecticut Aeroplane Co.

• Charles F. Smyth
• Rexford M. Smith (Occupations: Patent agent)

Publications by or about Connecticut Aircraft Company or Connecticut Aircraft or Connecticut Aeroplane Co.

• Publication B2p0294e07, 1914, Connecticut Company ready for business (Simple title: Connecticut Company ready for business, Journal: Aeronautics)
• US Department of the Navy, 1915, Contract for navy dirigible awarded the Connecticut Aircraft Company (Simple title: Contract for navy dirigible awarded the Connecticut Aircraft Company, Journal: Aircraft)

Names	Connecticut Aircraft Company, Connecticut Aircraft, Connecticut Aeroplane Co.
Country	US
Locations	New Haven, CT, New Haven county, CT, Connecticut
Affiliations	US Navy
Keywords	equilibrium, balance, stability, automatic stability
Started aero	1913
Ended aero	1921
Key people	Rexford M. Smith, Charles F. Smyth
Wikidata id	Q122476361