The Acme Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Rockford, Illinois, founded in 1928.Gunston 2005, p. 6.Grey, C.G. (ed): Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1929, page 235c. Sampson, Low, Manton and Company, Limited, 1929
The company president was R.S. Link and the general manager was P.H. Ryan.
Products The company was established to produce biplane sport aircraft in the range. The company built one Acme Biplane and also produced the parasol wing Acme Sportsman. The Sportsman was designed by Edward A. Stalker, the head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Only two of that model were completed before the company went out of business by 1931, in the Great Depression.Faurote, Fay Leone, Aircraft Year Book for 1930, American Aviation Publications, 1930, pg 76
Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Acme Aircraft Corporation Model name First flight Number built Type Acme Biplane 1928 1 Biplane sport aircraft Acme Sportsman 2 October 1929 2 Parasol wing sport aircraft
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