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"Spence"! Reading or hearing the name "Spence",
will immediately bring any Seabee and Air Car enthusiast an image into
his head of a charismatic, slender, elderly, kind-looking gentleman -
the genius who designed some of the finest personal amphibians in the
world - the Spencer Air Car and the Republic Seabee.
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Republic Aviation Corporation was organized at
Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, in October 1939, out of the former
Seversky Aviation Company which started in 1931 in one room.
During WW2 Republic grew to become one of the most important and
successful aircraft manufacturers of the USA.
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During WW2 the original Seversky fighters evolved
into the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter series. The Thunderbolt became
one of the most successful fighter aircraft of the war, and the start of
a long series of "Thunder" aircraft to follow...
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When WW2 was coming to an end, Republic realized that
they would need an aircraft for the predicted looming personal aircraft
marked that was expected to emerge when the hero pilots returned
home. Republic wanted to offer something different....
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After the concept prototype for the Republic personal
amphibian aircraft had flown, Republic's president Alfred Marchev
decided that they wanted to take advantages of automotive manufacturing
methods to drastically reduce the price of their contender for the post
WW2 personal airplane market. The result of the innovative design
process was the RC-3 Seabee...
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Many commercial airplane operators have operated
Seabee for air taxi, air ambulance, etc. Some Seabees have even
been operated by the military in a few countries. Here are some of
the stories...
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This is summary of important dates in the history of
Spence and his amphibians.
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