Antique radios, Old Time Radios

History of the manufacturer

Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. (Radio Corp.); Brooklyn (NY)

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Name:

Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. (Radio Corp.); Brooklyn (NY) (USA)

alternative name:

Pilot Radio & Television || Pilot Radio and Tube || Pilot Radio Corporation

Brand:

Dragon || Jumbo || Pilotone || Rainbow || Super Dragon || Super Wasp || Twentieth Century || Wasp

Abbreviation:

pilot

Products:

Model types Tube manufacturer

Summary:

Pilot Electric Mfg. Co.; 103 Broadway, Brooklyn, then 323 Berry Street, Brooklyn (NY). Was formally organized by Isidor Goldberg.
Other names:
Pilot Radio Corporation Long Island City NY USA (with own record label)
Pilot Radio & Television Co.
Pilot Radio and Tube Co., Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Pilot Radio Co.,37-06 36th Street, Long Island City, NY.
Beacon Radio Mfg.Co.,Inc., 323 Berry Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Trade names: Air Hound, Air Scout, Captain-Kidd, Dragon, Jumbo, Pilot, Pilotone, Rainbow, Standard, Super Dragon, (Super) Wasp, Twentieth Century.
Swiss agency: Radio-Matériel SA; Lausanne.

Founded:

1922

Documents about this manufacturer/brand

Pilot Stereophonic Components Catalog (circa 1962)

4689 KB

History:

Ref.:
Bunis / Slusser, Coll.Guide to old Radios.
A.Douglas, Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's.

Some models:

Country	Year	Name	1st Tube	Notes
USA	45	G-586	6A8G
USA	38/38	H-594	6K8	Automatic tuner; AFC; tuning eye. Because of the 6K8 - see schematics - the model can...
USA	30/31	AC Midget [1st type]	24	spezielle Form [3330304B]
USA	31/32	AC Midget [2nd type]	24	[3331454B]
USA	32	Broadcast	24
USA	36	G-852	6A7
USA	38/38	H-590	6K8	Because of the 6K8 - see schematics - the model can not be earlier than 1938.
USA	38	H-11	1A7G
USA	39	H-12	1A7G	Built-in loop antenna.
USA	39	TH-12	1A7G	eingeb. Rahmen
USA	45	G-508	6K7
USA	45	G-509	6K7	-