Attorney Bob McDowell indicated to the Schweizers that they should move their manufacturing operation out of their father's barn and relocate to the Elmira, New York area.

The Schweizers received the suggestion positively as they needed more space to produce gliders, but they had no money with which to make the move.

Although very few of the early gliders were built, later models gained popularity, such as the SGS 2-8 and 2-12, which were adopted by the U.S. Army Air Corps for training as the TG-2 and TG-3, respectively.

[8] The Schweizer SGS 1-23 was a world class competition and record setting glider between its first flight in 1948 and the end of its production in 1967.

The popular Schweizer gliders the single-seat SGS 1-26, the two-seat 2-33, and the two or three-seat SGS 2-32 can still be found at many gliding clubs across the U.S. Schweizer produced the Grumman G-164 Ag Cat, a single-engine biplane agricultural aircraft originally developed by Grumman in the 1950s.

[13] The basic airframe incorporates many safety innovations, including a pressurized cockpit to keep pesticides out, air conditioning and a fuselage structure that is designed to progressively collapse in the event of a collision.

[14][15] The development of the Schweizer SGM 2-37 two-place motor glider for the United States Air Force Academy in 1982 led to a new area of expertise for the company.

[19] It is believed the US Drug Enforcement Administration purchased aircraft designated Shadowhawk from Schweizer.

[21] In partnership with Northrop Grumman (formerly Ryan Aeronautical), Schweizer developed the MQ-8 Fire Scout helicopter UAV.

Schweizer participated in development of Sikorsky's X-2 Demonstrator, a prototype aircraft using co-axial rotor blades with a pusher propeller for extra forward thrust.

United Technology Corporation (UTC), then parent company of Sikorsky, shut down Schweizer in December 2012.

It was sold to a new company, Schweizer RSG, in 2018 and the production lines were restarted in Fort Worth, Texas.