American Aviation
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American Aviation Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established by Jim Bede under the name of Bede Aircraft in the mid-1960s to manufacture and market the Bede BD-1 two seat light aircraft.
During the development of the BD-1 there was conflict between Bede and the other shareholders and Bede was removed from the company. Russ Meyer became the new company president at age 34. The company was re-named American Aviation and the BD-1 was re-designed to become the AA-1 Yankee.
In 1972 the company was acquired by Grumman to become their light aircraft division and was renamed Grumman-American. Meyer later went on to become president of Cessna Aircraft.
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