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Doyle Aero Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer.[1]

Doyle Aero Corporation

Industry	Aircraft Manufacturer
Founded	1928
Headquarters	Baltimore, Maryland
Key people	Harvey and Dr. Wilson K. Doyle
Products	Doyle Aero O-2 Oriole

The Doyle Aero corporation was founded after the Doyle brothers left the Vulcan Aircraft company where they designed the Vulcan American Moth Monoplane. Lawyer Charles Baldwin arranged to finance a new venture with Harvey Doyle as President and Wilson Doyle as General Manager. The Doyles set up on Elm street in a Baltimore, Maryland factory building a similar parasol monoplane design, the O-2 Oriole, later named the Doyle O-2[2][3] The prototype flew on 15 October 1928 with a yellow and black paint scheme and was priced at $2,975. Doyle Aero did not survive the Great Depression economy and ceased operations after a short production run. Harvey Doyle became an aeronautical engineer, and Wilson Doyle would become a professor of Political Science.[4]

The last surviving O-2 serial number A-5 (NX9531) was restored in 1984 after being in storage since 1934 and identified by its designer Harvey Doyle. It is currently privately owned.[5][6]

Aircraft

Model name	First flight	Number built	Type
O-2 Oriole	1928	7	Parasol
O-3 Oriole	1928	1	Parasol

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