Charles Lindbergh made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. This historic event helped fuel the three Schweizer brothers' interest in aviation. A 1929 article in National Geographic magazine on gliding in Cape Cod was the catalyst to design and build the first Schweizer glider.

Schweizer Metal Aircraft Company was formed and the first sale of a Schweizer glider (SGU 1-7) was made to Harvard's Altosqurus Glider Club for $595.

The Schweizer Metal Aircraft Company relocated to Elmira, New York and was incorporated as Schweizer Aircraft Corp. in December.

Igor Sikorsky made the first successful controlled helicopter flight in the VS-300.

The Schweizer SGS 2-8 sailplane established a new American two-place distance record of 219 miles.

The December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into World War II.

Construction was begun on a new 31,000 square foot plant near the Chemung County Airport. Schweizer Aircraft began support of U.S war effort with production of TG-2 training glider.

The first flight of the TG-3A Army Air Forces training glider took place. The wings and tail surfaces of this glider were made from wood, a non-strategic material during World War II.

The first recorded mercy mission by a helicopter took place during a snowstorm. The Coast Guard flew blood plasma to 100 crewmen burned in an explosion aboard a U.S. destroyer a few miles out of New York harbor.

Schweizer received an order from Air-cooled Motors to build the engine housing and external cooling system for the Sikorsky R-6 helicopters. This was Schweizer’s introduction to helicopter production.

The Soaring Society of America (SSA) was instrumental in getting the G.I. Training Bill to include glider training.

Schweizer organized a commercial glider school which opened for business on May 17th. The school remained active until 2005 and was the oldest commercial glider school in the world.

The Army Air Forces became a separate military service, independent from the U.S. Army, and was named the U.S. Air Force.

Chuck Yeager, a USAF captain, made the first supersonic flight in the X-1 rocket plane.

Two prototypes of the SGS 1-21, a single-place contest sailplane, were built. One was flown by Dick Comey at the National Soaring Contest in July at Wichita Falls, Texas. He won the championship and set a new distance record of 303 miles.

Schweizer received a subcontract from Chase Aircraft for the C-122 empennage This evolved into the C-123 transport aircraft.

Schweizer manufactured the loading ramp and the rudder of the C-123.

Schweizer received its first contract from Bell to build fuselage structures for the Model 47 helicopter. Schweizer remained an active subcontractor to Bell Helicopter for 50 years and built over 50,000 stabilizers for Bell helicopters.

Schweizer received subcontracts from Fairchild to build the moveable control surfaces for the C-119 transport aircraft.

The Schweizer brothers at a drafting table; from left: Paul A., Ernest, William.

Schweizer built the prototype of the SGS 1-26. It was designed and promoted to be a one-design "class" sailplane. This design helped popularize the sport of soaring throughout the United States. The 1-26 remained in production until 1981 and 700 units were produced.

Schweizer negotiated a contract to produce 100 ag-airplanes for Grumman Aircraft. The Ag-Cat remained in production until 1989 and 2646 units were produced.

British Overseas Airways began the first jet airline service between the U.S. and Europe. The first production Ag-Cat flight took place with Clyde Cook, Schweizer's airplane test pilot, at the controls.

Schweizer negotiated a contract to build empennage sections of the Grumman Gulfstream I. Over 200 sets of vertical fins, rudders, stabilizers, elevators, and ailerons were built by Schweizer between 1959 and 1968.

An order for sixty sailplanes was received from the U.S. Air Force.

A Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, made the first successful manned space flight.

Schweizer built the antennas required by Sperry Gyroscope Corporation's long-range radar tracking system. This was part of the Mobile Atlantic Range Station (MARS) space vehicle tracking stations.

NASA’s director of flight test, Paul Bikle, set a world glider altitude record flying a Schweizer 1-23E sailplane. The new record of 46,267 feet stood for thirty-five years.

John H. Glenn Jr. became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth.

The SGU 2-22 training glider was upgraded to the SGS 2-33. Combined production for both sailplanes was 837 units. Nearly all U.S. sailplane pilots learn to fly in these sailplanes.

The Lockheed YO-3A quiet observation airplane was built under subcontract to Lockheed using components of Schweizer's 2-32 sailplane. The aircraft carried forward-looking infrared (FLIR), a new development, and was operational in Vietnam for covert, night reconnaissance missions.

Two American astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, landed on the moon. Four days later, they returned safely to Earth.

Les Schweizer, first of the second generation of the Schweizer family, joined Schweizer's Engineering Department. Stu followed in 1972 and Paul in 1977.

The first flight of SGS 1-35 high performance sailplane was made. It had a 40-1 glider ratio and won several national soaring contests.

The world's first scheduled supersonic passenger airline service was inaugurated when Air France and British Airways provided Concorde Jet flights across the Atlantic Ocean.

The B Model Ag-Cat was introduced. Schweizer produced 286 Ag-Cats in 1976 and averaged a production rate of 1.2 aircraft per day.

Allan Paulson purchased the Grumman American Division from the Grumman Corp. (including Gulfstream II and Ag-Cat) and renamed the company Gulfstream Corp.

Schweizer purchased the Ag-Cat Program from Gulfstream.

The turbine-powered D Model Ag-Cat was certified and introduced. It had a 500 gallon hopper and was powered by a Pratt & Whitney PT6 turbine engine.

The first manned spacecraft, Columbia, took off with a rocket assist and successfully returned to Earth as a glider. NASA required sailplane flying as part of the training program for the astronaut pilots of the space shuttle.

Schweizer received a subcontract from Sikorsky Aircraft to produce UH-60 Black Hawk gunner windows. This production line still exists at Schweizer.

Schweizer reached an agreement with Hughes Helicopter whereby it became the licensed manufacturer and product support source for the Hughes Model 269/300C series helicopters.

Transition of Schweizer Aircraft's management from the first generation to second generation of the Schweizer family was completed.

Schweizer received a USAF contract to develop the SGM 2-37 motorglider to be used as a flight training aircraft at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

In June, a Schweizer 300C was delivered to The Cousteau Society to be based on their oceanographic ship, Calypso. The helicopter was used for aerial photography, aerial exploration and ship-to-shore transportation.

Schweizer received a contract to develop a version of the 2-37 motorglider into a quiet, reconnaissance airplane.

Breakup of the Soviet Union precipitated many changes in the world order and a rethinking of requirements for U.S. Military Aircraft.

The B-2 Stealth Bomber made its first flight. It was built from composite structures that reduced its radar cross section.

Designed for training and patrol, the Model 330 turbine-powered helicopter was FAA Certified in September.

FAA Certification of the Schweizer 300CB helicopter was received. The 300CB was developed specifically for commercial training of helicopter pilots.

Schweizer delivered its 633rd 300C and its 100th 300CB helicopters. The total number of aircraft produced by the company reached 5,625 and included both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft.

Schweizer received FAA type certification for Model 333 Helicopter.

Northrop Grumman won U.S. Navy VTUAV competition using an unmanned derivative of the Model 333 helicopter. Schweizer received a contract award to build prototype and EMD Model 379 vehicles.

Schweizer received a contract to develop and manufacture three RU-38B reconnaissance aircraft.

World Trade Towers in New York and Pentagon in Washington D.C. were attacked by terrorists.

SA 2-37B Aircraft were delivered to the Colombian Air Force to support counter-drug and counter-terrorism efforts.

Schweizer announces agreement to be purchased by Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Company. At the time of this purchase, Schweizer had produced 2,160 sailplanes, 2,650 agricultural airplanes, over 60 special purpose fixed-wing aircraft and unmanned vehicles, and more than 900 piston and turbine driven helicopters.

Schweizer signs a contract with Helicopter Adventures Inc., the largest commercial helicopter training flight school in the world to produce twenty-three (23) 300CBi piston helicopters.

Sikorsky Aircraft announces plans to build and test a new class of coaxial X2 Technology helicopters at its Schweizer Aircraft Subsidiary. X2 refers to a suite of technologies applied to achieve new levels of speed and performance in coaxial helicopters featuring two counter-rotating rotors on the same vertical axis. Schweizer’s ability for rapid prototyping and high focus on product safety will help advance concept development.

Sikorsky announces plans to open a 100,000 square-foot Rapid Prototyping and Military Derivatives Completion Center at its Schweizer Subsidiary location. The new center, branded Sikorsky HAWK WORKS @ Schweizer Aircraft, will serve as the primary completion center for all Black Hawk and Naval Hawk derivative aircraft, mostly for foreign military customers.

Military Derivatives Completion Center is finished in October, and receives their first BlackHawk.

The X2 Technology Demonstrator achieves first flight in August. The Demonstrator maneuvered through hover, forward flight, and a hover turn, in a test flight that lasted approximately 30 minutes. The Military Derivatives Completion Center successfully flies their first Naval Hawk.