In defiance of prohibition, the company christened its new Nighthawk airplane using champagne in 1925.[4]
The company filed for bankruptcy in 1925.[5] However, bankruptcy proceedings continued into 1926.[6] The case was further delayed after the court could not locate company management.[7]
Grumman would later open its first plant in the shuttered Cox-Klemin factory in 1930.[8]
^Pattillo, Donald M. (1998). A History in the Making: 80 Turbulent Years in the American General Aviation History. McGraw Hill Professional. p. 13. ISBN0-07-049448-7.