L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation

  1947 to mid-1960's

  United States of America

TYPE: Aircraft & spare parts broker, and maintenance facility

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Miami, FL

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Founded in 1947 in Miami, FL by company president L. B. Smith, it quickly became one of the foremost aircraft conversion, overhaul and modification centers in the United States. Their most famous conversion was the Curtiss C-46 Commando which became the Smith Super 46C. Smith also offered civilian conversions for ex-military Douglas A-26 Invaders (Smith Tempo II) and Fairchild C-82 Packets. They also did executive aircraft interiors for many types from the Douglas DC3 to the Lockheed JetStar.

L. B. Smith was closely associated with a similar company called Aerodex Inc., which was a CAA approved aircraft repair station.

L. B. Smith went into liquidation around 1963.

May 1948* to September 1970

• Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando: N4215A
• Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando: N9345R, N9340R
• Curtiss ZC-46A-15-CU Commando: N9074R
• Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando: N9346R
• Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando: N9090R
• Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando: N3967C
• Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando: N9338R
• Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando: N9078R, N111E, N9341R, N9331Z (probable), N9342R, N1633M / N10428, N9339R
• Curtiss TC-46A-45-CU Commando: N9344R
• Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando: N2085A, N9343R
• Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando: N2081A, N7864B, N3930C
• Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando: N1378N, N1379N, N1381N, N1382N, N2024A, N2050A, N2053A
• Curtiss C-46A-60-CS Commando: CX-AMD
• Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando: N9075R
• Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando: N51738, N1380N, N9588Z
• Curtiss R5C-1 Commando: N3954A, N4083A / N711Q, N4084A, N4085A (I), N4086A, N4089A , N4090A, N4091A, N4092A, N4093A, N4094A, N4095A (I), N4095A (II), N4096A, N4097A, N4099A, N3943A, N7758B, N7759B, N4159A, N4160A, N4161A, N4162A, N4163A, N4164A, N4165A, N1637M