Editing Heathkit (section)

== Founding ==
The Heath Company was founded as an [[aircraft]] company in 1911<ref>{{Cite journal|date=June 1911|title=Aircraft|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3sgb;view=1up;seq=392|journal=Aircraft|volume=1|pages=418|via=hathitrust.org}}</ref> by [[Edward Bayard Heath]] with the purchase of Bates Aeroplane Co, soon renamed to E.B. Heath Aerial Vehicle Co. Starting in 1926 it sold a light aircraft, the [[Heath Parasol]], in kit form.<ref>{{cite journal|journal = [[QST]]|date=January 2015|author =  Philip Brown|title = Two kits still cruise the airwaves and the skies|publisher = [[ARRL]]|volume = 99|issue = 1|page = 20|issn = 0033-4812}}</ref> Heath died during a 1931 [[test flight]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A History in the Making: 80 Turbulent Years in the American General Aviation Industry|author=Donald M. Pattillo|page=13}}</ref> The company reorganized and moved from Chicago to [[Niles, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=U.S. Civil Aircraft: Vol. 5 (ATC 401 – ATC 501)|author=Joseph P Juptner}}</ref>

In 1935, [[Howard Anthony]] purchased the then-bankrupt Heath Company, and focused on selling accessories for small aircraft. After World War II, Anthony decided that entering the electronics industry was a good idea, and bought a large stock of surplus wartime electronic parts with the intention of building kits with them. In 1947, Heath introduced its first [[electronic kit]], the O1 [[oscilloscope]] with 5-inch diameter [[cathode-ray tube]] (CRT) display that sold for [[United States dollar|US$]]39.50 ({{Inflation|US|39.50|1947|fmt=eq}}) – the price was unbeatable at the time, and the oscilloscope went on to be a huge seller.<ref name="columbiaara.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiaara.org/CNL/CN200011.pdf |last=Rostky |first=George |title=A Tale Of The Unstoppable Electronic Kit |work=[[EE Times]] |date=2 October 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706210656/http://www.columbiaara.org/CNL/CN200011.pdf |archive-date=July 6, 2007 }}</ref>