Brewster Aeronautical Corporation

You will receive the exact certificate pictured Over 75 years old Capital stock April 21, 1947 Issued, canceled E. A. Wright Bank Note Company Machine printed signatures 11 1/2" (w) by 8 1/2" (h) NA Historical Context Originally a carriage builder, Brewster & Co.'s involvement in aviation began in the aftermath of World War I, when it started manufacturing hulls for Loening amphibians. By 1928, it was building floats for the Vought O2U Corsair. In 1932, James Work, an aeronautical engineer, bought the division for $30,000 and created the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation. Brewster started out making seaplane floats and wing panels, but with the hire of chief engineer Dayton Brown it embarked on its own designs. It operated three aircraft plants, at the Brewster Building in Long Island City, New York, Newark, New Jersey, and, in 1941, in Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, which was then known as NAS Johnsville.Brown's first design, in 1934, was a two-seat