Mooney History

By morgan_luera

  • Mooney Aircraft Corporation Formed

    established in Wichita, Kansas
  • Period: to

    Mooney timespan

  • Mooney Closes Doors - Great Depression

  • WWII ends & Mooney Aircraft reopens doors

    Mooney brothers team up with Yankee & McMahon

  • Mooeny moves to Kerrville, TX

    Move made to get closer to family farm

  • Mooney Brothers sell Company

    Mid 1950s: brothers sell Mooney to pay for "Mark 20" development & move to Lockheed

  • Mooeny Introduces low cost Mark 21

    New product discovers successful niche

  • Mooney acquires Alon

  • Mooney acquired by Amerioan Electronic Laboratories

    Sold to Butler Aviation few months later

  • Butler ended Operations

  • Republic Steel Corporation resumed production of Mooney Airplanes

  • Republic Steel Corporation acquried rights

    Resumed production in 1974

  • Mooeny merges with Alexander Couvelaire

  • Mooney Milestone

    Mooney sells its 10,000th aircraft

  • Mooney Victim of bankruptcy & acquired by AASI

    Acquired by Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures Inc (AASI)

  • AASI sells Mooney's assets to Alllen Holding Fianance

  • Mooney files for bankruptcy

  • AASI restructred/reacquired Mooeny Aircraft frrom Allen Holding Finance

  • Gretchen Jahn CEO

    served as turnaround specialist

  • Predicted turnaround

    Add's 2nd shift, hires 50 people

  • Announces new product and is no longer public

  • Reduces Production and Layoffs begin (60ppl)

  • Third layoffs (40ppl)

  • 4th layoff 53ppl (8 people left)

  • Halts production, 2nd layoff (229-320ppl)