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D K Jovanovich and
Frank Kozloski founded the Helicopter Engineering Research Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1946, the predecessor of Jovair.
In 1949 Jovanovich and Kozloski transferred to the
McCulloch Aircraft Corporation, the aircraft division of the
McCulloch Motors Corporation
McCulloch Motors Corporation is an American manufacturer of chainsaws and other outdoor power tools. The company was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1943 by Robert Paxton McCulloch as a manufacturer of small two-stroke gasoline engines and ...
, along with its two most promising designs, the
J-2 and the
JOV-3. In 1960
D K Jovanovich formed Jovair Corporation in El Segundo, California.
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Companies based in Philadelphia
Companies based in El Segundo, California
Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United States
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