Jonathan Logan Inc.

  1937 to 1990

  United States of America

TYPE: Non-aviation private company

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: New York, NY

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Jonathan Logan was a popular manufacturer of younger women’s dresses. They specialized in classic and dressy styles for an affordable price. The company was founded in New York, NY in 1937 by David Schwartz as a small company with ten employees. By the 1960's, Jonathan Logan had become the largest ready-to-wear clothing manufacturing company in the USA, and the largest in the world by 1969. They had 42 manufacturing plants worldwide. The company also became the first women’s clothing company to be listed on the New York Stock exchange in 1960.

Throughout most of the label’s existence, it was seen as the “inevitable dress label for a junior miss” and was sold in upscale department and specialty stores. In 1964, David Schwartz’s son Richard was made the CEO. Jonathan Logan eventually became a collection of fourteen different brands, each geared to a different consumer group. Youth Guild, Betty Barclay and Butte Knit were some of their divisions. Butte Knit was established in 1959 in South Carolina and became the first company in America to produce double knit fabric. The entire process from spinning the yarn to producing the finished garment was all done in the Butte Knit factory, which was unique at the time.

By 1984, sales were dropping and the Schwartz family sold their interest in the company to United Merchants and Manufacturing. They filed for bankruptcy in 1990 and Jonathan Logan’s last remaining mill was shut down in 1991. Richard Schwartz passed away in 2016.

Auust 1969* to April 1971*

Jonathan Logan operated two Commandos, at least one for its subsidiary Butte Knitting Mills of Spartanburg, SC.

• Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando: N9890Z