A slower and less costly version, the DGA-12, used a 300 horsepower (220 kW) Jacobs engine. A favorite of the high society and Hollywood circles, the DGA-11 cost about $16,500 in 1938 - a princely sum for the time. One of the airplanes produced by the company was the DGA-11, powered by a nine-cylinder 450 horsepower (340 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior radial engine, was purportedly the fastest four-seat civil aircraft of the late 1930s, able to achieve a top speed of about 200 miles (320 km) per hour. After winning both the Bendix and Thompson trophies in 1935, Howard turned to the formation of the Howard Aircraft Company - later Howard Aircraft Corporation on January 1, 1937, to produce commercial versions of the now-famous DGA cabin monoplanes, each custom-built by Ben Howard and Gordon Israel.
While Beechcraft had designed and produced their Staggerwing for the private market, that aircraft was mechanically and structurally complex Howard instead chose to emulate (on a larger scale) the simpler Monocoupe design. 65th Street during World War II a second plant was opened at DuPage Airport west of Chicago.ĭesigner Ben "Benny" Howard, after his success with smaller aircraft, designed and built the Mister Mulligan, a successful 4-seat cross-country racer that also proved a worthy closed-course mount.
The factory was initially on the south side of Chicago Municipal Airport at 5301 W. Howard Aircraft Corporation was a small United States aircraft manufacturer in the 1930s and 1940s.
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