The Orin Welch Aircraft Company was originally located in Charleston, West Virginia.
[5] As a result, it eventually moved to Bendix Municipal Airport in South Bend, Indiana in 1936.
[7] It was then acquired by the Aircraft Corporation of La Porte, Indiana in 1940.
[8] It was then moved to the Wyoming Valley Airport near Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
[10] With the beginning of World War II production of aircraft ceased and Orin Welch joined the Air Corps Ferrying Command in March 1942.