The plant was previously operated by the defunct Aviation Corporation.

Soon thereafter, the Cord Company, near bankruptcy in 1937, was sold to Aviation Corporation.

In 1929, Universal Aviation Corporation became part of the Aviation Corporation.

Subsequently, he worked for ten years with Swiss American Aviation Corporation, later known as Learjet, helping to develop the automatic pilot and other instrumentation.

The Aviation Corporation ranked 32nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II production contracts.

In 1945, the Crosley interests were purchased by Aviation Corporation.

Later that year SAT came under the control of the Aviation Corporation, the company that organized American Airlines.

In exchange, Cord received 140,000 shares in the Aviation Corporation and also a directorship in the company.

Interested in operating to the Caribbean, Trippe created the Aviation Corporation of the Americas.

Later he offered flights into South America with his Aviation Corporation of the Americas which became Pan Am.