Taylorcraft Aviation is an airplane manufacturer that has been producing aircraft for more than 70 years in several locations.
1946 model Taylorcraft BC-12-D
1975 model Taylorcraft F-19 on skis
Taylorcraft L-2M at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
William Thomas Piper Sr. was an American aviation and oil industry businessman. He was the founding president of the Piper Aircraft Corporation and led the company from 1929 until his death in 1970. He graduated from Harvard University in 1903 and later became known as "the Henry Ford of aviation".
Piper J-3 Cub, the company's most influential aircraft
The Piper family mausoleum located atop Highland Cemetery in Lock Haven, where William is interred