After it went bankrupt in 1946 it was purchased by Ernie Gentile, the employee who responsible for its creation as well as a technical writer at the California Institute of Technology.
[3][1] The company was based in the Silver Lake District of Los Angeles until January 1965.
[4] It experienced a downturn in the early 1970s, but by 1974 it had published an estimated 150 books and was selling an average of 4,000 to 5,000 copies.
[1] For a time, it was the only publisher that was present events such as the Air Force Association national convention.
[5] The company was in the process of being sold to TAB Books when its building was destroyed in a pair of arson fires in 1985, with the latter leaving it a total loss.