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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1920 Excerpt: ... INDEX Advisory Commission, Council of National Defense, 16 Aero-Marine Co., 19 Aeromarine plants, New Jer-sey, 134 Aeronautics, National Advi-sory Committee on, 14 Air battle, description of, by Col. Brereton, 203, 204 Aircraft Board: Atkins, Lieut. Commander, Arthur K., 29 Deeds, Col. E. A., 28 Howe, Richard, 29 Irwin, Captain Noble K., 29 Montgomery, Robert L., 28 Squier, Brig. Gen. Geo. O., 28 Taylor, Admiral D. W., 29 Thayer, L. R., 29 Aircraft factory, naval, gov-ernment, 258-260 Aircraft, machine guns fort 189-196 Aircraft manufacture, centrali-zation of responsibility, 132 Aircraft, naval, manufacturers: Aeromarine 'Plane & Motor Corporation, 247 Boeing Airplane Co., 247 Burgess Co., 247 Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corporation, 247 Gallaudet Aircraft Corpora-tion, 247 Standard Aircraft Corpora-tion, 247 Sturtevant Airplane Co., 247 Thomas-Morse Aircraft Co., 247 Aircraft production, 1-6 American, general plans, 61, 62 Congressional appropri-ations, 24 Criticism, 261-271 French cooperation re-stricted, 56 Naval, 245-260 Naval, appropriations, 245, 246 Aircraft Production Board, 23 Coffin, Howard E., chair-man, 23 Deeds, Col. Edward A., 23 Montgomery, Robert L., 23 Squier, Brig. Gen. George O., 23 Taylor, Admiral D. W., 23 Waldon, Sidney D., 23 Aircraft program: Army and Navy Technical Board, 34-38 Estimates, 26, 27, 28 Aircraft standardization, American and European, 42, 43 Airplane, birthland of, 7 Airplane cloth, grades, 184, 185 Airplane, Martin bomber, tests, 169, 170 Airplane patents, royalties, 20 Airplane production: American, history of, 7-9 Airplane production--Cont'd England, 7 France, 7 Germany, 7 Airplane production results, I7I-I73 Airplanes: Congressional appropriation, De Haviland 4's, shipments, 72 Development of types, 135, 136 Fightmg, ...