History
1922: Roos-Bellanca Aircraft is formed in Omaha
1923: Roos-Bellanca merges with Wright Aeronautical to form Wright-Bellanca.
1927: Giuseppe Bellanca acquires the rights to the WB-2 Columbia and forms the Columbia Aircraft Division of Bellanca Aircraft.
1955: Bellanca Aircraft sold to Northern Aircraft (later named Downer then International Aircraft or Inter-Air) of Alexandria, Minnesota.
1967: Bellanca name resurfaces as Bellanca Sales, a subsidiary of Miller Flying Service of Inter-Air.
1970: Bellanca Sales acquires Champion Aircraft and changes name to Bellanca Aircraft
1978: Bellanca Aircraft becomes a subsidiary of Anderson Greenwood
1982: Bellanca Aircraft assets sold to Viking Aviation and Champion Aircraft.
2002: Viking assets acquired by Alexandria Aircraft LLC (consortium of Weber's Aero Repair and four Bellanca employees).
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1968: Giuseppe Bellanca and son August restart the original Bellanca company.
1983: This new company becomes AviaBellanca Aircraft
2010: August Bellanca died of chemotherapy complications.
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