Between August 1960 and March 1964, the rights to the Aircoupe aircraft were held by the AirCoupe division of "Air Products Company" of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The company was started by the city, with the hope of establishing aircraft manufacture as a local industry. It purchased the type certificate from Forney when a potential deal with Beechcraft fell through. Only a few airframes were produced before the type certificate was sold to "Alon, Incorporated" on March 16, 1964. Twenty-five of the F-1A Forney Trainer were produced for US$7,450 each.