__NOTOC__ The Allied Aviation Corporation was established in Cockeysville,

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, in January 1941 to manufacture laminated plywood components for aircraft. The firm also developed its own

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transport glider for the

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, the LRA, which was built in small numbers for testing, but the larger LR2A was not proceeded with. Allied Aviation acquired the rights to Gilbert Trimmers ' Trimcraft' small amphibious aircraft as the Trimmer. Production of prototype Trimmers was taken up by Commonwealth Aircraft Company as the Commonwealth C-170 Trimmer. Following

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, the company changed direction to focus on sailboat manufacture.

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