Seversky

The year 1931 was not the best for new businesses but this was the year that Russian émigré Alexander deSeversky formed the Seversky Aircraft Corporation. Seversky first developed swift all-metal amphibians that soon evolved into sleek fighter aircraft for the Air corps. Through a variety of variants the Seversky P-35 steadily evolved into the P-47 of World War Two fame. In 1939 the company was re-organized as the Republic Aviation Corporation who later gave rise to some of America’s most famous military aircraft.