American industrialist Powell Crosley Jr. was a prolific manufacturer in the first half of the 1900s. Producing Auto Parts, radios, household appliances, cars also included airplanes for a short time. The Crosley Moonbeam first flew December 8, 1929. Five variations were produced. The first was a three-place parasol; next, a four-place, high wing cabin model; third and fourth were one place high wings. Due to the Great Depression, planned production did not take place. This sole open cockpit bi-plane version is also the last Moonbeam in existence. The other four were lost in a hangar fire.