Formed January 1917 at Ithaca, New York, from merger
of Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Company and Morse
Chain Company. Principal products during and after First
World War were
S-4
S-4 single-seat advanced training biplane
and its S-5 seaplane version; MB-3 single-seat fighter;
R-2 and Fi-5 Pulitzer Trophy racers of 1921-1922 and
their unsuccessful MB-9 and MB-10 pursuit/training derivatives.
Last aircraft produced were O-19 two-seat observation
biplane and O-19-derived XO-932 sesquiplane of
1932. Development/production of these two continued
after Thomas-Morse had been acquired in 1929 by Consolidated
Aircraft Corporation.
