fletcher aviation corporation was an aircraft manufacturer founded by three brothers, wendell, frank, maurice fletcher, in pasadena, california in . the initial aim of the company was to produce a wooden basic trainer aircraft (the fbt-2) that wendell had designed, but despite brief interest by the army in the type to use as a target drone, nothing came of this aircraft. after relocating to rosemead, california, later projects involved a family of related designs, including (the fu-24) with 296 produced in new zealand as an agricultural aircraft with many still operating today.