Richardson Aeroplane Company
Founders or key people: Holden C. Richardson, A. S. Richardson. Made seaplane bodies, tandem biplane flying boats, and twin-tractor seaplanes; the latter, featuring two 90hp engines with three-bladed tractor props, triple floats, and triple cockpits, was in conjunction with the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC. Work also appears to have been done in Philadelphia and, at least from 1915, New Orleans. In May 1916, pilot George Alphonse Gray tested a single-float tandem-wing biplane hydro on the Potomac River at Washington DC; this was said to have been considered by the U.S. Army for service in the 1916 Mexican campaign, but was never used in that role. U.S. patent for hydroaeroplane granted 15 Feb. 1916.
We have John H. Chapman using both direct and mesne assignment to assign rights to this company, this company, in that context, being located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and being identified as a "Corporation of Louisiana".[1]
Patents associated with organization named Richardson Aeroplane Company
- Patent US-1915-1172196 (Inventors: John H. Chapman, English title: Hydroaeroplane, Filing date: 1915-03-30, Applicant firm: Richardson Aeroplane Company)
People affiliated with Richardson Aeroplane Company
- Holden C. Richardson (Occupations: Military officer • Pilot, Tech areas: Buoyancy • Launching)
- John H. Chapman (Tech areas: Hydro-aeroplane)
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p253
- Gunston, 2005, p389
- SD241, 303
- EOA120; AFRA
References
| Names | Richardson Aeroplane Corp., Richardson Aeroplane Company |
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| Country | US |
| Locations | Lowell, MA, Middlesex county, MA, Massachusetts, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Orleans, LA, Louisiana |
| Affiliations | |
| Keywords | hydroplanes, seaplanes, military |
| Started aero | 1916 |
| Ended aero | |
| Key people | Holden C. Richardson, A. S. Richardson |
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