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F. Pace Woods, Sr., whose
family helped build Lincoln, Nebraska, helped elevate the city to one of the
commercial aviation centers of the 1920s. In 1926 he formed the Arrow
Aircraft and Motors Corporation, which briefly held a position as a leading
American airplane manufacturer. At its peak Woods' company employed more than
700 workers, who could build four Arrow airplanes a day. He delivered 187
Arrows before the financial crash of 1929. The company's fortunes withered,
and Woods sold out in 1941. By that time, though, his Arrow Sport, "the
spinless wonder," had secured a place in aviation history. |
