Original company Central States Airplane Company was established in 1927 to build
Don Luscombe's Monocoupe, that was designed and built by Clayton Folkerts. In January 1928, the company became the
Mono Aircraft Division of
Velie Motor Corporation. Following
Willard Velie's death in March 1929, the Velie interests were sold to
Allied Aviation Industries, a holding company. By May, these interests were divided into two separate companies: the Lambert Aircraft Engine Corporation and the
Mono Aircraft Company of
Moline, Illinois. Both companies passed into receivership in 1931, reemerging in 1932 as the
Lambert Engine and Machine Company and the
Monocoupe Corporation. In July 1934, the two companies joined under the newly formed
Lambert Aircraft Corporation with
Monocoupe continuing to operate under its own name. The company was dissolved in 1940 and its assets passed to the
Monocoupe Aeroplane and Engine Corporation of Orlando, Florida. Later, in September 1941,
Monocoupe acquired the
Bristol Aircraft Corporation of
Bristol, Virginia and its Canadian subsidiary
Bristol Aircraft Products Ltd. The operations of these three companies were combined under the
Universal Molded Products Corporation with
Monocoupe forming a separate division of the company. Aircraft production halted during World War II, resuming briefly in 1948-1950 under the name
Monocoupe Airplane and Engine Corporation. In 1955, the corporate assets were acquired by a
West Virginia aviation group, which reorganized the company as
Monocoupe Aircraft of Florida, Inc. and transferred operations to
Melbourne, Florida. The
Monocoupe Aeroplane Corporation was again re-established in
Grantville, Pennsylvania, in late 2016, to build reproduction Monocoupe 110 Specials with
Warner 185 engines and modern technology. == Aircraft ==