[Milsurplus] Air King ?

[Bruce Gentry]

Air King was an in-house trademark of appliances, radios, and TVs sold 
by Firestone Tire stores.  Just like the Montgomery-Ward Truetone and 
Western Auto Airline brands, they were usually built by contract 
manufacturers who  didn't sell anything under their own name. Sears 
Silvertone was also contract for some time until Sears bought Warwick 
Electronics  to become their in-house builder.

       Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY

On 9/2/17 6:23 AM, John Schmitz wrote:
> There was a King Radio Company but I'm not sure if they were a WW2 
> manufacturer. The owner of King Radio Company, Edward J. King, started 
> out with a company called Communications Accessories Company (CAC) 
> that produced coils that Art Collins needed. Collins bought CAC in 
> 1955 and Ed King continued to run the company as a Collins subsidiary 
> for many years. Art Collins fired Ed King, who was a pilot, for an 
> incident that occurred while Ed king was flying a group of engineers 
> to a meeting. Ed King hit rough weather and climbed above it to avoid 
> it. However, the plane was not pressurized and there were not enough 
> oxygen masks for all those aboard. The flight arrived safely but as 
> soon as Art Collins heard about it he had Ed King fired. Ed King then 
> started his own avionics company, King Radio Company and was in direct 
> completion with Collins avionics. The company became a top competitor 
> with Collins in the high performance business aircraft field. Ed King 
> considered the firing from Collins a major turning point in his life 
> and he started King Radio Company.
> John Schmitz
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>     [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net]*On Behalf Of *Hubert
>     Miller
>     *Sent:* Friday, September 01, 2017 8:08 PM
>     *To:* Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>     *Subject:* [Milsurplus] Air King ?
>
>     I was giving blood today and in this coastal town, it was a
>     blazing low 70s day, so there were large room fans set up in the
>     hall at the American Legion.
>
>     I happened to notice the brand-logo of the fans was "Air King".
>
>     That reminded me – wasn't that also the name of a WW2 radio
>     manufacturer ?
>
>     ( Would also make a nice email name, I think. )
>
>     -Hue
>
>
>
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