M.A.A/ Plates
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2003 1:12 pm
'Many U.S. aircraft manufacturers fit a maker's plate on each aircaft
that carries data as the model type no, maker's serial no (c/no.)
and date of manufacture, ATC Spec no. and some engine details.
Typically a Fairchild plate carries the legend "Licensed under U.S.
Airplane patents of all members Maunufacturers Aircraft Association
Inc."
There seems to be very little written about the Manufacturers
Aircraft Association and a search on the Internet produces few
useful hits. It appears to have been formed in 1918 as a patent
pool.
Across the very bottom of the plate reads "M.A.A. PLATE NO."
followed by a five or six digit number.
Could I ask if members would to make a note the number marked upon
the plates of their aircraft and projects; along with the c/no and
date and e-mail them to me -- off board at broadhurst@talk21.com
Myself, and several other historians/enthusiasts are curious as to
how these plate nos. were allocated. Was it to individual aircraft,
to each model, or each production batch? A some number of examples
have been noted on a wide range of aircraft and may cover a period
from before 1930 to at least 1964. Cessna used them and yet a reply
to an inquiry to the company stated they had no references to these
numbers.
With thanks in advance, Tony Broadhurst'
that carries data as the model type no, maker's serial no (c/no.)
and date of manufacture, ATC Spec no. and some engine details.
Typically a Fairchild plate carries the legend "Licensed under U.S.
Airplane patents of all members Maunufacturers Aircraft Association
Inc."
There seems to be very little written about the Manufacturers
Aircraft Association and a search on the Internet produces few
useful hits. It appears to have been formed in 1918 as a patent
pool.
Across the very bottom of the plate reads "M.A.A. PLATE NO."
followed by a five or six digit number.
Could I ask if members would to make a note the number marked upon
the plates of their aircraft and projects; along with the c/no and
date and e-mail them to me -- off board at broadhurst@talk21.com
Myself, and several other historians/enthusiasts are curious as to
how these plate nos. were allocated. Was it to individual aircraft,
to each model, or each production batch? A some number of examples
have been noted on a wide range of aircraft and may cover a period
from before 1930 to at least 1964. Cessna used them and yet a reply
to an inquiry to the company stated they had no references to these
numbers.
With thanks in advance, Tony Broadhurst'