| Date |
|
Event |
| 1925 |
|
Wind storm inspiration |
| 1928 |
|
First working channel wing model |
| 1929 |
|
First patent:
|
| 1937 |
|
Custer quits job to go full-time;
builds single-engine model which demonstrates vertical lift |
| 1939/40 |
|
First corporation formed:
National Aircraft Corporation |
| November 12, 1942 |
|
Custer demonstrates twin-engine model for potential
stock holders; First flight of first full-size plane,
CCW-1. |
| 1943 |
|
First full-scale model demonstrated for Army Air
Corps, Beltsville, Maryland |
| June 6, 1944 |
|
Test program authorized and begun by the government |
| 1945, 1947 |
|
Wright Field tests |
| 1947 |
|
2 more patents |
| July 3, 1948 |
|
First flight of
CCW-2 |
| May 1, 1948 |
|
Another patent |
| June, 1948 |
|
Air Trails Pictorial
magazine article |
| 1949 |
|
Another patent |
| 1950 |
|
4 patents |
| December 7, 1951 |
|
CCW-2 demonstrates "helicopter-like
flight" |
| 1952 |
|
3 patents |
| July 13, 1953 |
|
CCW-5's first flight (Oxnard,
California); |
| July 17, 1953 |
|
CCW-5 lifts off after 100-foot roll |
| August 27, 1954 |
|
CCW-5 hovers against an 11
mile-per-hour wind |
| 1954 |
|
3 patents |
| 1955 |
|
2 patents |
| 1956 |
|
2 patents |
| 1954-1957 |
|
Performs demonstrations for civil & military
audiences |
| November 24, 1958 |
|
Aviation Week
news item "Custer Channel Wing Production Planned"
|
| September 28, 1959 |
|
Aviation Week magazine article reports 120 orders
for
CCW-5 |
| 1960 |
|
Custer starts production of
CCW-5;
|
| April 25, 1962 |
|
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) wins
injunction to force cessation of sale of Custer Channel Wing
Corporation stock |
| July 4, 1964 |
|
Fourth CCW
rolled out at Custer Channel Wing Day, Hagerstown, MD; |
| July 20, 1964 |
|
Aviation Week
news item "Custer Channel Wing Certification Begins"
|
| July 30, 1964 |
|
The Aeroplane and Commercial
Aviation News (UK) article "Production
Custer Channel Wing Makes Its Debut" |
| 1964 |
|
Another patent |
| September, 1964 |
|
Second Popular Mechanics article reports 40 orders
for CCW-5
at $75,000 each |
| April, 1965 |
|
Flying
article "The Queer Birds: Custer Channel Wing" |
| November 12, 1965 |
|
Custer and Custer Channel Wing Corp convicted of
contempt of court for selling stock |
| November 22, 1965 |
|
Custer appeals the conviction |
| 1967 |
|
Another patent |
| 1970 |
|
Custer sells the corporation for $26,000 |
| 1971 |
|
Another patent |
| 1972 |
|
3 patents |
| Sept 29, 1973 |
|
W. R. Custer Channelled Aircraft incorporated |
| May 11, 1978 |
|
Morning Herald
reports Custer suing the federal government over A-10 Thunderbolt II
fighters manufactured by Fairchild |
| August, 1978 |
|
CCW-1 housed at National Air & Space
Museum in Suitland, Maryland: |
| May 25, 1979(£) |
|
Another Custer Channel Wing Corporation [Enid, OK]
incorporated |
