The Adcox Aviation Trade School was established in

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in the 1910s. Aircraft created there as student projects starting in the late 1920s include the

Adcox Special The Adcox Special was a two-seat open-cockpit biplane built by the students of the US Adcox Aviation Trade School in 1929, powered by a Kinner K-5 engine of 100 hp (75 kW). Although only one example was built, the design formed the bas ...

Adcox Student Prince The Adcox Student Prince was a two-seat open-cockpit biplane designed by Basil Smith and built by the students of the US Adcox Aviation Trade School in 1929. It was based on the one-off Adcox Special, and the first example flew on 17 September. A ...

, and Adcox Cloud Buster. The Adcox school began as a

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for automobile and gas-engine mechanics, but in 1920 it added a course in

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to its curriculum, focused on the construction and repair of airplane motors. At different points in its history, the organization was known as the Adcox Auto and Aviation School, the Adcox School of Aviation, Aircraft Builders Corp and the First National Flying System. In late 1929, after a new two-story building was opened, the school had the largest enrollment of any aviation school in the

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, with 100 full-time students.

List of Aircraft

*Adcox 1-A(1929) Single-engine two-seat biplane light aircraft, only one was made. *

(1929) Single-engine two-seat biplane light aircraft *

(1931) Single-engine two-seat biplane light aircraft * Adcox Cloud Buster (1931) Single-engine two-seat sporting biplane

References

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