Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co.
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The Comet Model & Supply Company was among the early “pillars” of the wildly popular model airplane hobby of the 1930’s and 40’s, and is still well-known to generations of model builders to this day.
Founded by Chicago teenagers Bill Bibichkow and Sam Goldenberg in 1929, Comet grew rapidly in the 1930’s despite the financial ravages of the Great Depression.
Subject ID: 12732
MoreThe Comet Model & Supply Company was among the early “pillars” of the wildly popular model airplane hobby of the 1930’s and 40’s, and is still well-known to generations of model builders to this day.
Founded by Chicago teenagers Bill Bibichkow and Sam Goldenberg in 1929, Comet grew rapidly in the 1930’s despite the financial ravages of the Great Depression.
By the mid 1930’s, Comet was selling over a million wood-based airplane kits a year and had a staff of 300 employees.
Some of the most illustrious members of the model airplane industry, such as designer Carl Goldberg and Monogram Model Company founders Robert Reder and Jack Besser, worked for the Comet Company in its earlier years.
However, the post World War II years were not nearly as successful for the company. With the changing interests of America’s youth and the introduction of new materials such as plastics, Comet’s fortunes began to wane. The company name was changed to Comet Model Hobbycraft in the early 1950’s, and was changed again in the 1970’s to Comet Model Industries. Comet was sold to the Paul K Guillow Company in 1998.
Subject ID: 12732
Subject ID: 12732
