Home   •   Departments   •   Citizens   •   Business   •   Leisure   •   Online Payments   •   Downtown Wireless Lakeland Public Library - Special Collections Albert I. Lodwick Papers Bartow Army Air Base Daniel Bridges Drane Field Flight Safety International Glen William Grainger, Jr. Lakeland's Aviation History & Municipal Airports Lodwick Oral Histories Pilots in the Sun Return to Manuscripts Spanish-American War Sun 'n Fun Fly-In W. W. Tomlinson Main   >   Library   >   Library Special Collections   >   Speccoll Manuscripts   >   Speccoll Manuscripts Military ALBERT I. LODWICK PAPERS (RG2700), 1911-1959 SERIES VI: LODWICK AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES, 1946-1959 Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Subject Files Correspondence Curtiss-Wright Corporation Howard Hughes Lodwick School of Aeronautics Memorabilia After the Lodwick School of Aeronautics closed in 1945, Lodwick established Lodwick Aircraft Industries, Inc., which operated from the same site as the former school. Lodwick Aircraft Industries was incorporated in February 1946 with the stated intention of converting military aircraft to commercial use,(pictured above) purchasing and selling aircraft, and selling aircraft parts and equipment. Almost immediately the company entered into a contract with the War Assets Administration to refurbish and sell war surplus aviation parts and equipment Initially, Lodwick Aircraft Industries fared well. It obtained a number of contracts for converting military aircraft to commercial use and it was successful in selling surplus parts and equipment. By 1950, however, the number of military aircraft available for conversion had dwindled and most of the surplus parts remaining in the company's inventory were obsolete and had no market other than as scrap metal. The company steadily lost money through the early 1950's and ceased operations in late 1954. It remained a corporation, at least on paper, through 1959, but it had no employees and most of its equipment and inventory had been sold at auction in 1954. The records in this series document the rise and fall of Lodwick Aircraft Industries and include audit reports, minutes of Board of Directors and stockholders meetings, the company's certificate of incorporation, correspondence, deeds, leases. ledgers, operating licenses, payroll records, promissory notes and tax returns. The records are arranged alphabetically by subject or type of record and chronologically within folders. BOX FOLDER FOLDER TITLE DATES 8 1 Auditor's Reports 1947   2 Auditor's Reports 1948-50   3 Auditor's Reports 1951   4 Auditor's Reports 1952-54   5 Board of Directors: Minutes of Meetings 1946-53, 1959   6 Brochures n.d.   7 Certificate of Incorporation 1946   8 Corporation Account Certificates 1946   9 Correspondence 1946-June 1948   10 Correspondence July 1948-1956 9 11 Deeds and Leases 1947-53   12 Expense Account of Albert Lodwick 1955-56   13 Florida Airways, Inc.: Stock Certificate 1947   14 Insurance Policies 1952-56   15 Licenses: Operating Licenses 1946-52   16 Loan Distribution Ledger 1953   17 Payroll Certification Forms 1946   18 Payroll Certification Forms Jan-Sept 1947   19 Payroll Certification Forms Oct 1947-1948   20 Promissory Notes 1953-54   21 Retail Sales and Use Tax Reports 1950-52 10 22 Southern Crushed Stone Company 1953-Jan 1954   23 Southern Crushed Stone Company Mar 1954-1955   24 Stockholders' Ledger 1947-48   25 Stockholders: Minutes of Meetings 1946-52, 1959   26 Tax Collector's Receipts 1947-48   27 Tax Returns 1946-51   28 Tax Returns 1952-55   29 War Assets Administration: Correspondence 1946-June 1948   30 War Assets Administration: Correspondence July 1948-1950, n.d.   31 Miscellaneous 1948, 1953, n.d. Lakeland City Hall • 228 South Massachusetts Avenue • Lakeland, FL 33801 • (863) 834-6000   •   Contact Us   •   Privacy Policy