The Babcock Airplane Corporation was a short-lived aviation company from 1939 to 1945, located in DeLand, Florida.
"Interviewed on the opening of production at the DeLand factory this afternoon, Major Foster said that the corporation has been turning down plane orders pending word from the government on a number of training ships it would require from the local source.
[3] The Okaloosa News-Journal, Crestview, Florida, reported on 19 July 1940, that "The Babcock Airplane Corporation recently purchased all assets of the Rover Aircraft Motors of Dayton, Ohio, and plans to begin the production of airplane motors at its new plant (at Deland, Florida) [sic] by Aug. 15, officials announced last week.
"The recent purchase included all engineering data, master drawings, tools, machinery, and a large stock of unfinished engines of the Rover organization, the total value of stock and material included in the deal being $185,000 was announced by President Fred L. Foster of the Babcock Airplane Corporation.
"[4] Vearne Babcock organized the DeLand Pool by 1942, a complex of small manufacturing and fabricating shops in Central Florida.