Talk:Waco Aircraft Company

Meaning of Waco
I quote from the article - "The name comes from a field near Troy, Ohio - Waco field, which in turn received its name from a local war-cry, which had several variations. Although an acronym, the company was universally referred to as "Waco". This doesn't make sense to me - first it says Waco is the name of a field, then it says Waco is an acronym (I believe for Weaver Aircraft Company). Does anyone know which derivation of Waco is correct? - Arpingstone (talk) 09:57, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Both - the name of the field was used to create the acronym which was then abandoned when Weaver left the company. Once Weaver left, it ceased being an acronym, and this happened before the company become successful so for most of the company's history it wasn't an acronym. Need to dig out refs for this though - it was from one of the books published by Waco themselves.NiD.29 (talk) 15:57, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Name change from Advance Aircraft Co to Waco Aircraft Corp.
"At some point (when is not at all clear from the records but 1928 or 1929) it was changed from Advance Aircraft Company to Waco Aircraft Company."

In \A Chronicle Of The Aviation Industry In America 1903 * 1947\, privately published by the Eaton Corp in 1947, the Company Activities for 1929 section says "Advance Aircraft Co, Troy, OH, changes its name to Waco Aircraft Corp". The citation appears on page 45. No date or time of year is given.

I can provide a scan of the page to anyone who is interested.

was published for the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences by Eaton Manufacturing Company, copyright 1948 to Eaton Manufacturing Company.

Pygalge (talk) 20:51, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

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