Howard Aero, Inc. Photo Galleries
General
The Early Years
Dee (last person on the right second row standing) at Slick Airways before starting Howard Aero, Inc.
Dee (L) and Ed Swearingen (R) in front of first Howard Aero building in 1947.
Howard Aero team in the early days – Dee (middle of first row wearing baseball cap), Ed Swearingen (first row far right), Al Peach (second row, third from right).
Dee getting on board Howard Aero aircraft.
Dee (R) and Ed Swearingen in cockpit of Howard Aero aircraft.
Facilities
Dee (L) and his first employee, Ed Swearingen (R), in front of Howard Aero’s first building in 1947.
Howard Aero first hangar with first building (small building on the right) next to it.
Aerial view of Howard Aero hangar (building on the right).
View of the rear of the Howard Aero hangar with the first Howard Aero building on the left.
View of Howard Aero hangar surrounded by vacant land.
Howard Aero Super Ventura aircraft parked in front of Howard Aero hangar.
Howard Aero built aircraft parked in front of Howard Aero hangar.
Aircraft Interiors
Energy companies were important customers to Howard Aero.
Cockpit of “The Wildcatter”
Design rendering for customer review.
Design rendering for customer review.
Design rendering for customer review.
Dee was ahead of his time with inflight information display for passengers.
Interior of Tony Phillippi’s Howard 500-N500HP.
Misc Photos
To demonstrate the durability of the Howard Aero aircraft one lands in an unpaved field.
From the very beginning the Howard aircraft were(and still are) real crowd pleasers.
Wow look at that!
Misc Photos of Dee
Dee boarding one of his aircraft.
Dee (R) and colleague next to Howard Super Ventura.
Dee (second from right) with customers with one of his aircraft.
Dee (R) and customer with Howard aircraft.
Phases of Conversion
End Product - Completed Howard Aircraft.
End Product - Completed Howard Aircraft.
End Product - Completed Howard Aircraft.
End Product - Completed Howard Aircraft.
End Product - Completed Howard Aircraft.
End Product - Completed Howard Aircraft.
Source of future Howard aircraft parts.
Source of future Howard aircraft parts.
Source of future Howard aircraft parts.
Photos of Howard Aero conversion process.
Howard Aero aircraft nearing completion.
Howard Aero aircraft wing in production.
Howard 500 aircraft in production showing location of fuselage plug.
Aircraft interior before conversion.
Aircraft interior before conversion.
Aircraft interior before conversion.
Aircraft interior before conversion.
Aircraft interior before conversion.
Raw material before being re-worked by the Howard Aero team.
Production of Howard Aero wing in process.
Conversion starting to come together.
Howard Aero wing nearing completion.