Index

A
Aeromarine Airplane and Motor Corporation, [18], [32-33]
Aeromarine Inertia Starter, [33], [40-41]
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, [213], [264], [268-269]
Personal Aircraft Council, [273]
reorganization of, [269-270]
“Affair Fleet,” [47-48], [99]
Air cargo (see Air carrier service)
Air carrier service, [280], [296], [306]
certified, [303-304], [306-307]
international, [303-304]
uncertified, [304], [307]
(See also Air transport; Airlines)
Air Coordinating Committee, [282]
Air Corps Act of 1926, [69], [72], [244-245]
Air Force, appropriations for, [293-295]
and Berlin blockade, [307]
created by Navy, [10], [20], [148]
mobility of, [292]
independent, [10], [25-26], [58-70], [107], [278-279], [291]
and procurement, [282], [293]
seventy-group, [293]
and strategic bombing, [293]
unification of, [293]
(See also Army Air Corps; Aviation, naval)
Air France, [208]
Air freight (see Air carrier service)
Air mail, [280]
ocean, subsidies for, [187]
revenues from, [300-301]
Air-mail contracts, canceling of, [181-182], [186], [209]
Air-mail rates, [298-299], [301]
cut in, [298]
and subsidies, [298-301]
Air Policy Commission, temporary, [289]
Air power, [5], [267-268], [285], [293]
American, Lindbergh’s influence on, [103-104]
economics of, [279-282]
and foreign policy, [288]
new concept of, [276-277], [287-288]
public relations program for, [270], [283-284]
and sea power, [267]
studies of, [279-283]
Air Power for Peace, [287-288]
Air transport, commercial, [97], [186-187], [255], [267], [285], [288], [291], [294-296]
and foreign policy, [295]
military, [279-280], [291]
veterans’ development of, [303-304]
wartime importance of, [287-288]
(See also Air carrier service)
Air Transport Association, [294], [303]
Air Transport Command (ATC), [255], [279]
Aircraft, [4]
carrier, [21-22]
combat, [195]
experimental, [297]
foreign, [95-96], [204]
personal, [96], [273], [277]
rigid, [10], [56], [58], [67], [70], [181]
styling of, [110]
and world freedom, [310]
(See also kinds of aircraft, as Bombers)
Aircraft carriers, [5], [21-22], [127-128], [182], [190], [257-258]
deck landings on, [116], [122], [125], [249-250]
number of planes on, [116], [194]
in relation to battleships, [134-135], [141-142], [147-148]
vulnerability of, [292]
Aircraft Industries Association of America, [283], [287], [290], [295], [308]
Aircraft industry, [16], [23], [29-36], [51], [66-67], [72], [109-111], [183], [197], [199-203]
air-power policy of, [276-277], [295], [297]
assembly line in, [240-241]
conference of, 1938, [213-216]
consolidations in, [153-154]
foreign, [196]
and foreign markets, [188-192], [204], [220-222], [229]
and foreign policy, [195]
importance of, [275-276]
investigations of, [181-182], [187], [249], [258], [270-287]
nationalization of, [23]
postwar difficulties of, [285-286]
and public relations, [262-271], [283-284], [297]
reconversion in, [260-262], [272]
and red tape, [306-307]
unification of, [262-263]
and the unions, [249-251], [273]
wartime criticism of, [242]
Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet (FLEET AIR), [111-112], [117-118], [121], [123-124], [126], [129-130], [137], [151-152], [157], [183], [187], [202]
Airfoil, wing-flapped, [179]
Airline operators, policy recommendations of, [297]
Airlines, [280]
“Big Four,” [298], [304]
feeder lines for, [301]
legal fees paid by, [306-307]
mismanagement of, [302]
monopoly in, [303]
number of employees in, [302]
overseas, [294], [305-306]
private investment in, [302]
reasonable regulation of, [280-281], [294], [298], [303-308]
and subsidies, [299-301], [306]
(See also Air carrier service; Air transport)
AIRONS (see Aircraft squadrons)
Airplane, The, [91], [188]
Airplane catapults, [5-6], [21], [49]
Airplane engines, [9], [27], [222]
air-cooled, [18], [30-31], [35], [38], [44-45], [49], [50-51], [78-80], [119], [134], [147], [188], [196-200], [203], [206], [217-218]
commercial, [14]
cost and price of, [243-244]
early history of, [13-18]
government building of, [231-232]
Japanese, [193]
licensing production of, [232], [239]
liquid-cooled, [13-14], [18-19], [30-31], [35], [50-51], [74-75], [78-79], [134], [147], [196-200], [202-203], [217-218]
military, [14], [22]
precision tools for, [247-248]
types of, [12-13], [16-18], [49], [193]
variations in, [243]
(See also kinds of engines, as Liberty)
Airplanes (see Aircraft)
Airports and airways, [301]
Aktiebolaget Aerotransport, [207]
Akron, dirigible, [70], [181]
Alabama, battleship, [25]
Alaska, air transportation to, [304]
Allison Engineering Company, [197]
Allison liquid-cooled engines, [217], [238]
Altitude, high, research on, [257]
Alvis, Limited, Coventry, [171]
Amphibians (see Sikorsky planes)
American Airlines, [304]
American Export Airlines, [183]
American Overseas Airlines, [305], [307]
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, [93]
Anacostia Naval Air Station, [99], [104]
Andrews, Frank, [214]
Annapolis, [2], [142], [268]
(See also U.S. Naval Academy)
Approved Type Certificate (ATC), [176-177]
Argentine Navy, [189-190]
Argus, carrier, [5]
Arkansas, battleship, [4], [121]
Arklight, The, [259]
Armed forces, [295]
procurement for, [66], [187], [232]
reorganization of, [290]
(See also Army; Navy)
Arms Embargo Act, [210], [218], [221-222]
repeal of, [222]
Army, [19], [25], [35], [41], [58], [72], [147], [290], [292-293]
and aircraft industry, [23], [65], [172], [213-216], [243], [262]
General Mitchell’s attack on, [58-59]
Personnel Procurement Branch, [251]
and procurement, [66], [187]
war plans effort of, [213-216]
war schedule of, [241]
Army Air Corps, [196], [203], [214], [216-218], [229], [278], [292]
Army Air Service, [9], [23-24], [71], [98], [148]
Army Engineering Division, [33], [39], [191], [197]
Army-Navy rivalry, [10-11], [24-27], [34], [43], [278], [290-292]
Army Ordnance, [24]
Army planes, C-54’s, [256]
DH’s, [17], [29], [110]
F4B’s, [134]
Jennys, [14], [43]
Lightnings, [257]
PT’s, [44]
Thunderbolts, [195]
(See also kinds of aircraft, as Bombers)
Army Reorganization Act of 1921, [213], [233]
Arnold, Gen. “Hap,” [213-214], [217]
Arnold, Les, [118], [147-148]
Arnold, Milton, [294]
Aroostook, mine planter, [122]
ATC (see Approved Type Certificate; Army Transport Command)
Atkins, Capt. A. K., [17]
Atom bomb, [288], [293], [310]
Aunt Lucy, [85-86], [90], [92]
Automotive industry, [237]
and aircraft engines, [14-16], [238-240], [249]
and foreign markets, [205]
reconversion in, [272]
Aviation, [270]
Aviation, [9-10], [298]
civil, [69], [76], [206]
commercial, [110], [174], [179], [212], [276], [279]
foreign, [205]
overseas, [180], [183], [208-209]
(See also Air transport)
government agencies concerned with, [279-282], [284], [297]
government control of, [205-206]
investigations into, [60-62], [181-182], [187], [289-290], [293-298]
Lindbergh’s influence on, [103-108]
and mass production, [14-15]
naval, [5-8], [10], [19-20], [26-27], [68], [70], [278], [291-296]
naval, five-year building program for, [71-72], [95]
proposed advisory committee for, [276-277], [282], [284-285]
appointment of, [289]
opposition to, [278-279]
service rivalry in (see Army-Navy rivalry)
(See also Aircraft; Aircraft industry)
Aviation Game, [28]
Aviation mechanic schools, during World War I, [5-6]
Aviation Writers’ Association, [270]
B
Baker, George P., [290]
Balchen, Bernt, [207]
Baldwin, Hanson, [149]
Ballanca, Giuseppe, [96]
Bankers Trust Company, New York, [302]
Battle of Britain, [171]
Battle fleet, [151]
morale of, [132-133]
organization of, [130]
Battleships, [134-135], [141-142], [147-148], [152]
Bavarian Motoren Werke, [208]
Beach, Joe, [251-252]
Beatty, Adm. Sir David, [4], [259], [266]
Beaverbrook, Lord, [222], [233]
Bee Hive, [296]
Beisel, Rex, [186]
Belgium, [207]
Bell, Larry, [97]
Berle, Adolphe, [294]
Berlin Airlift, [296], [310]
Berlin blockade, [307]
Bermuda, [208], [266]
Berrien, Capt. Frank D., [127]
Bethpage, Long Island, [199]
Beverly Hills, California, [265], [268]
“Big Four” airlines, [298], [304]
Bingham, Hiram, [61]
Biplanes, passing of, [170], [190]
Black, Hugo, [181], [187], [263], [271]
Bloch, Capt. Claude C., [29], [138]
Boeing, William E., [66], [76-77], [105], [110], [153-154], [182], [185], [200-201]
Boeing Airplane Company, [48], [73], [76-77], [153], [169], [182-183], [194], [200-201], [251]
fighters, [73], [75], [76], [134], [147]
mail planes, [40]-B’s (Monomail), [76], [169]
Stratocruiser, [180]
training planes, [98]
transports, [169], [171], [208]
Bogan, Gerry, [125-127]
Bogusch, Harry, [89], [141], [147], [152]
Bolling Field, [99]
Bomb rack for Corsairs, [257]
Bomber escort planes, [195]
Bombers, [202]
heavy long-range, [194], [251]
twin-engined, [198]
Borrup, Jack, [55]
Boston, Massachusetts, [33]
Botta, Lt. Ricco, [23], [38], [48], [78]
Brainard, Morgan B., [264]
Breck, destroyer, [144-145]
Bremerton, Washington, [153]
Brereton, Louis, [214]
Brewster, Owen, [285], [289]
Brewster Bill, [285]
Bridgeport, Connecticut, [164], [172]
Bridgeport, destroyer tender, [7], [11], [145]
Bristol airplane factory, [188]
Bristol Jupiter engine, [56], [193], [196]
British Air Ministry, [10], [170], [266], [291]
British Committee of Inquiry into Civil Aviation, [206]
British Grand Fleet, [4-5], [21], [207], [259], [266]
British National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, [94]
British Purchasing Commission, [224-225]
British Spitfire fighters, [171]
Brown, Admiral Moffett’s messenger, [60]
Brown, Donald L., [55], [182], [185], [213], [216-220], [229], [239], [249]
BUAERO (see U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics)
Buffalo, New York, [35], [43]
Buick, [232], [237], [241], [252], [254]
Buivid, Mr., [179]
BUNAV (see U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation)
Burbank, California, [201]
Burden, William A. M., [278]
Burns, Colonel, [213], [216]
Business cycles, [163]
Businessmen vs. professional men, [163-164]
on United Aircraft board, [264]
Butler, Admiral, [151]
Butler, Congressman, [71-72]
Byrd, Dick, [96], [104]
C
Cadillac, [232]
Cadman Report, [206]
Caldwell, Frank, [78], [155], [165-167], [169-171], [256]
California, battleship, [152], [182]
Camp Perry, [2]
Canadian Pratt and Whitney, [253]
Carburetors, [42]
Carriers (see Aircraft carriers)
Champion, Lt. C. C., [38], [73], [96]
Chance Vought Corporation, [17], [43], [47], [153], [170], [182], [185], [187], [190], [193], [196], [205], [230], [241], [265]
(See also Vought-Sikorsky; United Aircraft Corporation)
Chatfield, Hugh, [73]
Chevrolet, [232], [237], [241], [252]
Cheyenne, Wyoming, [168-170]
Chicago-San Francisco contract air mail route, [76]
Chilton, Roland, [32], [40-41]
Chourré, Emile, [117]
Christianity, [7], [88], [209-210], [212], [309-310]
Churchill, Winston, [171]
C.I.O., [273-275]
Civil Aeronautics Act, [70], [298], [303-306]
Civil Aeronautics Authority, [302]
Civil Aeronautics Board, [298-299], [301-305], [307-308]
Clerget engine, [17]
Clippers, [176-177], [180], [200], [255]
(See also Transports)
Coco Solo, [151]
Coffin, Howard, [61]
Colbert, M., [205]
Cole, Francis W., [264]
Collective bargaining, [249-250]
College Point, Long Island, [173]
Collins, Capt. Harry, [218-219], [224]
Colorado, cruiser, [143]
COMAIRONS, [124], [127], [134-135], [138], [140]
Combustion, principle of, [3]
Command of the Air, [10]
Competition, [24], [95], [97], [111], [161], [191], [230], [262], [276], [278], [297], [303-305]
and foreign markets, [188]
international, [205-208], [294]
subsidized, [301]
in transport planes, [202], [295], [297]
unfair, [164-165]
Conant, Hersey, [28]
Congress, [71-72]
appropriation committees of, [302]
aviation appropriations from, [20], [53], [55], [95], [216-217], [229], [293-294]
Congressional Aviation Policy Board, [289]
report of, [294-295]
Congressional committees, public hearings before, [271]
Congressional investigations, [181-182], [187], [263]
Connecticut State War Finance Committee, [246]
Consolidated Aircraft, [43], [183], [202]
army trainers, [43-46]
Catalinas, [195]
NY’s, [44], [84], [91]
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation, [273]
Cook, Capt. Arthur B., [127]
Coolidge, Calvin, [8], [61], [69], [79], [94-95]
Cowl-flaps, [188]
Coyle, Mr., [241]
Coyne, Bob, [246]
Crane, Henry, [238]
Curtice, Harlow, [241], [254]
Curtiss, Glenn, [113]
Curtiss Airplane and Motor Company, [16], [34-37], [51-52], [73-74], [97], [153]
Hawks, [73-74], [99]
TS’s, [43]
(See also Curtiss-Wright)
Curtiss engines, D-12’s, [35-36], [73], [75]
R-1454’s, [35-36], [52], [56], [74]
Curtiss-Wright, [153-156], [191], [230]
(See also Wright Aeronautical Corporation; Wright Martin)
Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, [172]
D
Davis, Art, [141]
Davis, Bill, [150]
Davison, F. Trubee, [104], [168]
Dayton, Ohio, [23], [34]
(See also Wright Field)
de Chevalier, Godfrey de Courcelles, [5], [21], [268]
Defense Plant Corporation, [253]
de Havilland Aircraft Company, Ltd., [171]
DH’s, [15], [17], [110]
de la Verne Machine Shop, [17]
Delco Company, [39]
Demobilization, [277]
Dennison, Arthur C., [62]
Depression, [163], [220]
DESRONS (see Destroyer squadrons)
de Steiguer, Adm. Louis R., [121]
Destroyer Squadrons (DESRONS), [130], [140]
Detroit, cruiser, [145-146]
Detroit, Michigan, [134]
Dexter, Mrs., [229-230]
Diamond, Jimmy, [42]
Dickinson, Arnold, [173], [175]
Diesel engines, [197]
Dive bombers, [147], [193]
Corsairs as, [258]
monoplane, [190], [198]
two-seat, [188-190]
Dive bombing, [121], [123], [193]
Donaldson, John W., [267]
Donaldson, Postmaster General, [299-300]
Doolittle, Jimmy, [98], [214]
Douglas, Don, [47], [97-98], [194], [198], [201-202], [251], [255], [265], [267-268]
Douglas, Lt. Robert, [106-107]
Douglas transports, DC-3’s, [194], [207]
DC-4’s, [194], [256]
Douhet, General Jiulio, [10], [206], [212]
Douhet doctrine, [206], [293]
DuBose, Lieutenant Commander, [62], [68], [71]
Duralumin, [78], [155], [165]
Durant, William F., [61]
Durham, J. A., [307]
E
East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, [126]
East Coast Aircraft War Production Council, [269]
East Haddam Fish and Game Club, [198]
East Hartford, Connecticut, [192], [234]
Eastern Airlines, [298], [301-302]
Eberstadt, Ferdinand, [292]
Echols, Gen. Oliver P., [286-287]
Eclipse Machine Company, [41]
Edgar, Graham, [42]
Egtvedt, Claire, [48], [76], [134], [185], [200]
Engineering, [2], [8]
intuitive, [177]
and politics, [19]
Engineering Thermodynamics, [3]
Engineers, professional, [3], [177]
Engines (see Airplane engines)
England (see Great Britain)
English Voyages, The, [288]
Ethyl Corporation, [42]
Ethylene glycol, [197]
Export permits, [189-190]
F
Fagan, Tom, [39], [42]
Fairchild Aviation Corporation, [273]
Farley, James, [181]
Farmington, Long Island, [195], [199]
Fechet, Jim, [134]
Feldstein, M. J., [307]
Fighter bombers, [134], [147], [193-194]
long-range, [195]
Fighter planes, [22], [73], [75-76], [99], [121-124], [127], [134], [140], [147], [191-192], [194], [195]
single seat, [199]
two-seated, [123], [187-188]
Finland, [208]
Finletter, Thomas K., [289-290]
Finletter Board, [290], [293-294]
Finletter Board, report of, [293-294]
Fireside chat, on airplane production program, [229], [233]
Fisher, Paul, [296]
Five freedoms, [294]
Fleet, Reuben, [43], [195], [202], [250]
FLEET AIR (see Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet)
Fletcher, Adm. Frank J., [61]
Flight Manual, [87], [98]
Flying boats, [248-249]
Flynn, “Tiny,” [252]
Fokker, Anthony, [43], [47], [95]
Fokker Universal, [96]
Ford, Edsel, [239]
Ford, Henry, [96], [256]
Ford Motor Company, [232], [239-241], [252]
Ford Trimotor, [153], [155], [204]
Foreign policy, and aviation, [195], [288]
Forrestal, James V., [260-263], [290], [292-293]
Foster, Cedric, [242]
France, [205-208], [210-212], [218-219]
declares war on Germany, [221]
Fraser, Peter M., [264]
French Purchasing Commission, [218-219], [224-225]
Fuel, aviation, [42]
Fuel pumps, [42]
G
Gamble, Ted, [246]
Gates, Artemus L., [277]
General Electric Company, [39-40]
General Motors, [67], [197], [217], [237], [241]
George-Murray Bill, [273]
German High Seas Fleet, [4]
German Lufthansa, [208]
Germany, [196], [204], [208], [210-212], [293]
attack on Russia by, [247]
invasion of Poland by, [221]
war production in, [235]
Geuting, Joseph T., Jr., [273], [277]
Gibson, Professor, [34]
Gilman, “Pop,” [197]
Gluhareff, Michael, [179]
Gluhareff, Serge, [179]
Gnome-Rhone engine, [17], [193]
Goering, Hermann, [195], [210]
Goldsmith, Mr., [42]
Goodyear Rubber, [241]
Gordon Wyman, [240]
Grand Fleet, British, [4-5], [21], [207], [259], [266]
Great Britain, and American aircraft, [222], [224-225]
before World War II, [206-208], [211]
Great Lakes Naval Training Station, [5-6], [25], [151]
Great Seal of the Navy Department, [39]
Green, Fitzhugh, [108]
Green, Joseph, [189]
Grey, C. J., [94], [188]
Griffen, “Squash,” [141], [147]
Gross, Bob, [194], [201-202], [251]
Grumman, Roy, [199]
Grumman Wildcats, [193]
Guam, [151]
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, [6]
Guggenheim, Harry, [108]
Guided missiles, [296-297]
Gunnery, [1], [4], [8], [21]
H
Hakluyt, Richard, [288]
Hall, Charles Ward, [80]
Halligan, Capt. John, [127]
Halsey, Bill, [127]
Hamilton, Thomas, [96], [154-157], [160], [192], [204-207], [209-212], [218]
Hamilton, Ohio, [51]
Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company, [154-156], [160], [204]
Hamilton Metalplane Company, [154], [204]
Hamilton-Standard, [165-166], [168-172], [177], [179], [182], [196], [204], [229], [241]
Harbord, Maj. Gen. James G., [61]
Harding, Warren G., [8], [94]
Hartford, Connecticut, [51-52], [203], [206], [242]
Hartford Times, The, [242]
Harvard School of Business, [282]
Hawaiian cruise, 1928, [122], [125-128]
Hawthorne, California, [201]
Heacock, Amos E., [303]
Helicopters, [184], [241], [248]
Herbster, “Spig,” [113]
Herron, Sam, [34]
Hillman, Sidney, [249-251]
Himalayan Hump, air-transport service over, [256], [287], [303]
Hirohito, [209]
Hispano Suiza engines, [12], [16-17], [30], [43], [50], [53]
Hitler, Adolf, [204], [209-212], [221]
Hobbs, Leonard S., [42]
Hobbs, Luke, [42]
Holland, [207]
Hoover, Herbert, [69], [104], [246]
Hoover, Mrs., [106]
Hopkins, Harry, [216]
Horner, Jack, [192], [229], [243], [253], [263]
Hoyt, Dick, [50]
Hoyt, Palmer, [290]
Hubbard, Eddie, [76]
Huff-Daland training planes, [98]
Hughes, Admiral, [64]
Hughes, Howard, [249]
Hull, destroyer, [2]
Hunsaker, “Jerry,” [22-23]
Hurley, Pat, [168]
Hurley, Roy, [42]
I
I.A.M.-A.F. of L., [277]
Ickes, Harold, [216]
Indianapolis, Indiana, [197]
Inglewood, California, [201]
Inspection, in war production, [258]
Institute of Electrical Engineers, [93]
International Civil Aviation Conference, Chicago, [294]
International free rifle matches, Milan, Italy, [7]
Invisible Encounter, The, [209]
Iris, destroyer tender, [219]
Isthmian Airways, [204]
Italy, [207-208]
J
Jacquin, Col. Paul, [219], [224-225]
Jap Zeros, [192]
Japanese pilots, [192]
Jet propulsion, [257]
Jeter, Tom, [134]
Johnson, Capt. Alfred W., [22], [29]
Johnson, Edwin C., [296]
Johnson, Louis, [213], [217], [220], [233]
Johnson, Phillip G., [76], [182], [185], [201], [230], [251]
Johnson Committee, [296-297]
Joliet, Illinois, [2], [6]
Jones, Ed, [34]
Jones, Harold A., [298-299]
Jorge Luro y Cia, Argentina, [189]
Joyce, Temple, [74]
Jugoslavia, [208]
K
Kahn, Albert, [222]
Kaiser, Henry J., [248-249]
Kansas City, Missouri, [253]
Kartveli, Mr., [195], [200]
Kauffman, Freddie, [89]
Kennedy-Purvis, Vice Adm. Sir Charles E., [266-268]
Ketcham, “Dixie,” [91]
Kettering, “Boss,” [110]
Keyes, C. M., [65-66]
Keyes, Roy, [36]
Keyport, New Jersey, [18], [32]
Kimball, Dr., [104]
Kindleberger, Dutch, [47], [97], [194], [201-202], [214-215], [251], [254]
King, Adm. E. J., [128], [136], [141-142], [181-182], [189]
Kinney Manufacturing Company, [18], [33]
KLM, [207]
Knerr, Hugh, [214]
KNILM, [207]
Knudsen, Bill, [233], [237-241], [247], [252]
Kraeling, Harry, [156], [160], [165]
Kraus, Comdr. Sidney M., [17], [50], [54], [66], [72], [75]
Krug, Julius, [286]
L
Labor, [207]
Labor unions, [249-251], [273]
Lakehurst Naval Air Station, [56], [82]
Lampert, Congressman, [60]
Land, Capt. Emory S., [22]
Land, Adm. Jerry, [65], [104-105], [294]
Lang, Antone, [7]
Lang, Frau, [7]
Langley, carrier, [21], [111-128], [135], [265]
Langley, Professor, [74]
Lansing, Raymond P., [40-42]
Lawrance, Charles Lanier, [17], [36], [39], [50], [286-287]
Lawrance engines, [12-13], [17], [30], [38-39], [41]
Lawrence, David, [277]
Lebensky, Bob, [179]
Lee, John G., [198-199], [256], [265], [267], [269]
Leighton, Lt. Comdr. B. G., [9], [12-14], [17-20], [22-27], [29-38], [98], [123], [194]
Leloir, Guillermo, [190]
Lenin, [209]
Lewis, Fulton, Jr., [242]
Lexington, carrier, [21]
new, [49], [77], [119], [121], [127-129], [135-136], [143-145], [152]
Liberty, [310]
Liberty engines, [12], [15], [17-18], [30], [35], [53], [95], [98]
Licenses, to build aircraft engines, [231-232], [239]
Limitation of Arms Conference, [9], [21], [64], [67]
Lindbergh, Charles A., [40], [103-108], [134], [149-150], [176], [178], [256-257]
address to Nazis, [210-211]
Pacific mission of, [257]
quoted, [309]
Lindbergh Field, [133]
Lobbying, [271]
Lockheed, [194], [202]
Lockheed fighters, Lightning, [194]
Loening, Grover, [66]
Loening amphibians, [138]
Long Beach, California, [117], [129-130]
Long Island City, New York, [17], [47]
Los Angeles, [133-134], [153], [201], [265]
Los Angeles, dirigible, [10], [56], [67]
LOT, [208]
Lowry, Jimmy, [84-85]
Lucke, Charles Edward, [3], [5-6], [8], [92], [142], [158], [256]
Luro, Jorge, [189]
Lyman, Deac, [270]
M
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, [59]
McCain, Adm. J. S., [258]
McCarthy, Charles J., [77], [185-186], [229]
McCarthy, Joseph F., [161], [164], [175], [229], [243]
McCone, John A., [290]
McCook Field, [23], [33-34], [42]
McCracken, Bill, [104]
MacIntyre, Marvin, [65], [71]
MacMahon, Brian, [285]
Macon, dirigible, [181]
Magnesium, [167]
Magnetos, [39-40]
Mahan, [149], [287]
on sea power, [129-130], [288]
Mail planes, [76], [154], [169]
Maile, Lt. Frank, [23]
Maintenance crews, [132]
Manly, Charles M., [74], [93]
Manly engine, [74]
Marcus, Charles, [40-41]
Mare Island Navy Yard, [114], [121], [151]
Marines, [67], [121], [257]
Marks, Charles, [55]
Martin, Glenn L., [47], [79-80], [97], [104], [195], [200], [214-216]
Martin Company, [183], [200]
Thunderbolt, [195]
torpedo bombers, SC’s, [77-79]
torpedo bomber scouts, T4M’s, [104-106], [134], [140]
Mason, Mr., [241]
Mayflower, yacht, [78-79]
Mayo, William, [96]
Mead, George J., [30-32], [37], [42], [55-56], [74], [93], [140], [185], [232-233], [238], [241]
Mellon, Andrew, [95]
“Memoranda for file,” [39]
Memphis, cruiser, [103], [106-108]
Menasco Company, [154]
Merchant Marine Act of 1936, [306]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, [156], [160]
Mines Field, [133]
Mississippi, battleship, [5-6]
Mitchell, Billy, [9-10], [25-27], [46], [56-59], [109], [213], [278-279]
court-martial of, [70]
and independent air force, [60-69], [291]
Mitchell, Hugh B., [284]
Mitchell, Gen. J. B., [148]
Mitchell, Bill, [285]
Mitscher, Pete, [98-99], [115], [146]
Mobilization, [216], [235]
for drill purposes, [214-215]
Moffett, Rear Adm. William Adger, [1], [4-6], [8-11], [17], [19-20], [24-27], [45-46], [52-53], [55-57], [60], [62-68], [70-71], [80-81], [89], [93-95], [98], [101], [104], [109], [111], [119], [123], [128], [137], [142], [149], [151], [181], [278], [291-292]
Mongolia, liner, [112]
Monoplanes, [96], [169-170], [190], [204]
metal, [154]
Monopoly, [164], [207], [303]
Montgomery, Monty, [115]
Morale, [259]
Morgan, John E. P., [286]
Morgenthau, Henry, [218], [223-228], [230]
Morrow, Dwight, [61]
Morrow Board, [61-71], [95], [186], [188], [276-277], [285]
Moulton, Bobby, [115-117]
Mullinix, Henry, [38], [48], [96]
Murphy, Francis S., [242]
Murray, James E., [271], [273-274], [277-278]
Murray, Roger F., [302]
Mussolini, [209]
Mustin, Capt. Henry C., [21], [68]
Mustin plan for naval aviation, [68], [71]
N
Nash-Kelvinator Company, [232], [241], [252]
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, [232-233]
National Air Races, Los Angeles, [133-134]
Philadelphia, [96]
National Aircraft War Council, [269]
National Association of Manufacturers, [242]
“National Aviation Policy,” [294]
National City Bank, New York, Bulletin, [274-275]
National Defense Advisory Committee, [216]
National Independent Carriers, [303]
National Planning Association, [279], [282]
National Rifle Association of America, [7], [24]
National rifle matches, 1909, [2]
NATS (see Naval Air Transport Service)
Naval Air Stations (see names of stations, as Pensacola)
Naval Air Transport Service (NATS), [255]
Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, [23], [80], [124], [200]
Aero Engine Laboratory, [38]
Naval Operation (OPNAV), [20]
Naval War College, Newport, [129]
Navy, [19], [76], [202], [290], [292-293], [295]
and air-cooled engines, [18], [31]
and aircraft industry, [23], [52], [65-68], [172], [243], [260-262], [274-278]
feuds in, [63]
General Mitchell’s attack on, [58-61]
growth of, [142]
Hawaiian cruise of, [121-125]
leadership in, [131-132]
Panama maneuvers of, [135-148]
procurement for, [66], [187]
proposed reduction of, [25-26]
public relations for, [291]
Navy, and sea power, [129-130]
war schedule of, [241]
(See also U.S. Navy Department)
Navy lend-lease, [252]
Navy planes, Boeing fighters, [73], [75], [76], [134], [147]
Catalinas, [195]
Corsairs, [124], [140], [156], [187], [193], [257-258], [265]
C-54’s, [256]
F-5-L’s, [84]
N-9’s, [43-44], [84], [91]
P12’s, [134]
SBU’s, [187-191]
SC’s, [77-79]
T4M’s, [104-106], [134], [140]
UO’s, [43], [48], [50], [117]
(See also Kinds of aircraft, as Bombers)
Nazis, [210-212], [235]
NC boats, [22]
Nelson, Arvid, [160]
Nelson, Donald, [286]
Neutrality proclamation, 1939, [221]
Neville, Leslie, [270]
New Deal, [186]
New Knowledge, The, [87]
New York, New York, [3], [6], [60], [67], [93], [172]
New York Central, [282]
New York Times, The, [149], [270]
Niles Tool Company, [51]
Nimitz, Chester, [268]
Noble, Warren, [33-34]
Norden, Raymond A., [306-307]
Norfolk Naval Air Station, [119], [121]
North American, [194]
North American Mustangs, [195]
North Island Naval Air Station, [37], [128-129]
Northrup, Jack, [169], [191-192], [201-202]
Northrup Company, [154]
Northrup-Vought fighter plane, [191-193]
sold to Japan, [192]
Norway, [207]
NRA, [273]
Nulton, Adm. Louis M., [151-153]
Nutt, Arthur, [36], [42]
Nye, Gerald P., [181], [187], [263], [271]
O
Oberammergau, Passion Play at, [7]
O’Connell, Joseph J., Jr., [299], [301-302]
Of Flight and Life, [309]
Old Ark (see Arkansas)
Omaha, light cruiser, [136], [140], [143], [145]
Oman, C. W. C., [250]
OPNAV (see Naval Operation)
Oregon, [112]
P
Pacific air bases, [182]
Pacific Northwest-Alaska carrier service, nonscheduled, [304]
Pacific Overseas Airlines, [303-304]
Pacific Torpedo Flotilla, [2], [112]
Packard engines, [75], [78-79]
Packard Motor Company, [16], [34-35]
Palm Beach, Florida, [6]
Palm Springs, California, [265], [267]
Pan American Airways, [149], [174], [208], [294], [305-307]
(See also Clippers)
Panama Canal, 1929 maneuvers at, [135-150]
Parker, James S., [61]
Parkes, John, [171]
Parsons, Lt. Ralph M., [23], [38]
Passion Play, Oberammergau, [7]
Patents, [41-42]
Paterson, New Jersey, [29]
Patrick, Maj. Gen. Mason M., [168]
Patterson, Bill, [255]
Patterson, Robert P., [277]
Pearl Harbor, [29], [120-121], [125-127], [191], [219], [252], [267-268]
Pensacola Naval Air Station, [38], [45], [81-96], [98], [112], [119], [130]
Plant depreciation, [225], [227-228]
Plevin, M. René, [222], [224]
Ploesti oil fields, bombing of, [293]
Poland, [208]
invasion of, [221]
Polish Airlines (LOT), [208]
Pownall, “Baldy,” [89]
Pratt, Admiral, [138-139], [148], [151-152]
Pratt and Whitney engines, [216]
1830’s, [193], [222], [241], [255]
Hornet, [78], [80], [96], [104], [140], [187], [204], [208]
2800’s, [194]
two-row radial (R-1535), [188], [192]
standardization of, [254-255]
Wasp, [72-78], [98], [140], [154], [169], [187], [193], [196], [285]
Wasp, Jr., [241]
Wasp Major, [285]
Pratt and Whitney Tool Company, [51], [66], [72-75], [154], [170], [177], [182], [196-198], [200], [202-203], [216-217], [219], [229], [251], [258], [263], [285]
American addition for, [234], [238]
British plant of, [224-228]
as charge of Navy, [243]
French plant of, [222], [226]
War Plans Division, [218], [222], [226], [234]
Press, the, [59-60], [67], [270], [274], [276], [290]
Prestone, [197]
Price Adjustment Act, [246], [274]
Price Adjustment Board, [254]
Profit control, [221], [246]
Profiteering, [163], [210], [228], [245], [249], [265], [273], [275]
Profits, [161-162], [274-277], [303]
Propellers, [77-78], [154-157], [160], [204], [208], [241]
controllable-pitch, [166-171], [174], [179]
metal, [78], [164-165], [186]
Public speakers, [283]
Pursuit planes, [217-218]
Putnam, Carleton, [297], [300]
Putnam, George Palmer, [104]
Q
Queen Elizabeth, flagship, [4], [259]
Quisenberry, Alma, [23]
R
Radford, Vice Adm. Arthur, [63], [292]
Radio commentators, [242]
Railroads, early expansion of, [280]
government subsidizing of, [280-281]
Ramsey, Vice Adm. de Witt C. (“Duke”), [63], [291]
Ramspeck, Bob, [294]
Rantoul, Illinois, [25]
Rayburn, Sam, [271], [284], [302]
Ream Field, [117]
Reconversion, [256], [260-262], [272], [275-276]
Reconversion Act, Section 102, [286]
Reed, Sylvanus, [155-156]
Reed Propeller Company, [155]
Reeves, Rear Adm. Joseph M. (Bull), [111-112], [114-129], [131-133], [135-143], [145-146], [148], [151-152], [182-183], [193], [252]
Reeves, Mrs., [118]
Renegotiation, [246]
Rentschler, Frederick B., [29-32], [36], [50-55], [66-67], [75], [77], [109-112], [153-157], [164], [167], [172-174], [182], [185], [205], [219], [229], [237-239], [247], [260-264], [278]
Republic Aviation, [199]
Rescue craft, [22]
Reuther, Walter, [247-248]
Richardson, “Captain Dick,” [174], [177]
Richardson, Capt. H. C., [22]
Richardson, Comdr. L. B., [243]
Richthofen, Baron von, [58]
Rickenbacker, Capt. Eddie, [191], [297-298], [301], [306]
Ripley, Joseph P., [264]
Roberts Board, [252]
Rolls Royce engines, Merlin, [194]
racing-plane, [196]
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis, [211-212]
Roosevelt, Franklin D., [181-182], [186], [221], [229], [246], [249], [256]
airplane program of, [229], [233], [237], [251]
Roosevelt, Theodore, quoted, [1]
’Round the world flight, first, [98]
Rowe, Gordon, [118], [122]
Royal Aeronautical Society, London, [94], [208]
Russell, Frank, [80], [269]
Russia, [211-212], [289]
attacked by Germany, [247]
blockade of Berlin by, [307]
(See also Soviet)
Ryan, Claude, [105]
S
Sabena, [207]
San Diego, California, [2], [112-113], [117-119], [128], [130], [133-134], [152], [156], [193], [202]
San Diego Union, [113]
San Francisco, [265]
San Francisco Advertising Club, [299]
San Pedro, California, [117-118], [126], [138], [153]
Santa Monica, California, [198], [201], [268]
Saratoga, carrier, [21]
Saratoga, carrier, new, [49], [77], [119], [127], [129], [135-141], [145-149], [152]
Savoia Marchettis, [207]
Schneider Trophy race, [98]
Schwoble, Jake, [199]
Scouts, long-range, [22]
Sea Cow, SC-6, [77-79]
Sea power, [4-5], [129-130], [288]
Seaboard and Western Airlines, Inc., [303], [306-307]
Seaplanes, [21], [43-44], [77-79], [84], [91]
Seattle, Washington, [48]
Secretary of the Navy, [40], [59]
Selection Board, [9]
Selective Service, [251]
Self, Sir Henry, [222], [224], [226]
Seligman, Mort, [134]
Senn, Adm. Thomas J., [122], [136], [140]
Service rivalry (see Army-Navy rivalry)
Seven Roman Statesmen, The, [250]
Seversky, Alex P. de, [191], [199-200]
Shenandoah, dirigible, [56-58]
Sheppard, Edgar W., [56-57]
Sherman, Vice Adm. Forrest, [63], [268], [292]
Shipbuilders, [248]
Sidney, New York, [40]
Sikorsky, Igor, [47], [96], [173-174], [177-180], [183-184], [200], [208], [248]
quoted, [309]
Sikorsky Aviation Company, [164], [170], [172-175], [182-183], [196], [200], [204-205]
reorganization of, [176-179]
(See also Vought-Sikorsky)
Sikorsky planes, amphibians, S-39’s, [167], [173]
clippers, S-40’s, [176-177]
S-42’s, [180], [208]
Sims, Admiral, [115]
Sixth Battle Squadron, British Royal Fleet, [4]
Slater, John, [183]
Smith, C. R., [304]
Smith, Karl, [112]
Snyder, John W., [278], [286]
Social security, [166]
corporate, [273]
Society of Civil Engineers, [93]
Soleure, Switzerland, [39]
Sorenson, Charles, [239-240]
Soviet, [296]
(See also Russia)
Southampton, light cruiser, [266]
Southern California, wartime migration to, [272]
Spaatz, Gen. Carl, [214], [292]
Spark plugs, [42]
Speer, Albert, [235]
Speer, Genevieve, [2]
(See also Mrs. Wilson)
Sperry Gyro Compass School, [74]
Spirit of St. Louis, [103-106]
Squadron commanders, selection of, [131-132]
Stalin, [295]
Standard Steel Propeller Company, [155-156], [160]
Standley, Adm. William H., [189]
Stark, Capt. Harold R., [136], [140]
Starters, [33], [40-42]
Stearman, Mr., [96], [172]
Stewart, Sidney, [229]
Stinson, Mr., [96]
Stock-market crash, 1929, [158], [160], [172-173], [186]
Stock-market speculation, [97-98], [154]
Stoddard, Harry G., [264]
Storrs, Put, [150]
Strategic Bombing Surveys, [287]
Stratford, Connecticut, [170], [173], [175]
Strohm, “Matchew,” [142]
Stromberg, [42]
Studebaker, [232]
Studley, Lt. Barrett, [87], [90]
Stunt flying, [103]
Submarine divisions (SUBDIVS), [130]
Submarines, [292]
German, [248], [287]
Subsidies, [187], [280-281], [298-301], [306]
Sullivan, Tiny, [117]
Sulzberger, Arthur, [270]
“Survival in the Air Age,” [290], [294]
Sweden, [207]
Sylph, yacht, [104], [106]
Symington, Stuart, [292-293]
T
Taxes, [95]
excess profits, [245], [274]
income, [160], [221], [227-228]
Teal, sweeper, [122]
Thomas, “Woody,” [89]
Three Musketeers, [134], [150]
Three Sea Hawks, [134], [141], [150]
Tillinghast, “Tilly,” [214]
Time magazine, [265]
Tomlinson, Tommy (“Injun Joe”), [126], [133-134], [150]
Torpedo bombers, [22], [77-79], [97-98], [104-106], [140]
Torpedoplanes, [104-106]
Towers, Rear Adm. John H., [113-115], [119], [121], [124], [127], [267]
Trade associations, [271], [273]
Training planes, [98-99], [241]
Trans-Canada Airlines, [182], [201]
Transocean Airlines, [303]
Transport planes, [95-96], [202]
four-engined, [194], [255-256]
(See also Air transport; Clippers)
Trippe, Juan, [174], [294], [305]
Truman, Harry S., [258], [278], [282], [286]
Truxtun, four-piper, [219]
Turbines, [4]
Turner, Comdr. Richmond Kelly (“Spuds”), [168], [171]
TWA, [306-307]
U
Unemployment, postwar, [272], [274]
Unemployment compensation, [272]
Union League Club, Chicago, [254]
Unions (see Labor unions)
United Aircraft Corporation, [182], [192], [204], [216], [229], [251-253], [256-257], [259], [260-264], [275], [285]
board of directors of, [264]
Kansas City plant of, [253]
licencees of, [252-253]
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, [77], [153-154], [156], [161], [169-170], [172-175], [177-178], [180], [185-186]
United Airlines Transport Corporation, [182], [255]
U.A.W. of C.I.O., [277]
U.S. Bureau of the Budget, [279]
U.S. Department of Commerce, [69], [176], [180]
U.S. Department of Defense, [290]
U.S. House of Representatives, Naval Affairs Committee, [71]
Report on War Department Appropriation Bill, [299]
U.S. Naval Academy, [2], [112]
(See also Annapolis)
U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics (BUAERO), [1], [19-24], [29], [32], [38], [45], [47], [57], [59-60], [62], [70], [72], [94-95], [109], [122-123], [137], [139-140], [149], [157], [168], [181], [183], [187], [189-190], [194], [196], [216], [243-244], [253]
Design Section, [22-23], [48], [180]
Engine Section, [9], [12], [16-18], [22-23], [27], [32], [38], [44-45], [47-56], [77-78], [96], [186], [200]
Matériel Division, [22], [65]
need for, [6], [10]
Plans Division, [123], [168]
Stress Analysis Department, [185]
U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Engineering, [4]
Bureau of Navigation (BUNAV), [19-20], [80-81], [131]
(See also Navy)
U.S. Post Office Department, and air mail, [281], [299-301]
deficits in, [300]
U.S. Senate, Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, [296]
Military Affairs Committee, [284]
War Contracts Subcommittee, [270], [272]
U.S. State Department, [189], [294]
U.S. Treasury, [218], [225-228]
Internal Revenue Bureau, [221], [227]
U.S. War Department, [61]
(See also Army)
Upham, Rear Adm. F. Brooks, [81-84], [86-89]
Upham, Madame, [86-89]
V
Vanadium, [165]
Vandenburgh, Clyde, [269]
Vaughan, Guy, [37], [39], [50], [103-105], [112], [230-231], [239]
Vaughan, Helen (Mrs. Guy), [104]
V.D.M. propeller, [208]
Veterans, and air-carrier service, [303-304]
Vincent, Col. Jesse G., [35]
Vinson, Carl, [61], [64], [295]
Vinson-Trammel Act, 1934, amendment to, [245]
Virginia Law Review, [307]
Vought, Chance Milton, [47-48], [54], [66], [72-73], [109-112], [124-125], [140], [164], [185-186]
Vought, Russell R., [265], [267]
Vought airplanes, Corsairs, [124], [140], [156], [187], [193], [257-258], [265]
dive bomber, SBU, [187-191]
UO, [43], [48], [50], [117]
Vought-Sikorsky Division, United Aircraft, [229]
(See also Chance Vought Corporation)
W
Wagner, Frank D. (Honus), [118], [123-124], [131-133], [137-138], [141], [144], [150-152], [182]
Walsh, Raycroft, [168], [170-171], [205], [214], [229], [263-264]
War contracts, [273-274]
canceling of, [15-16], [237], [275], [286]
escalator clause in, [250]
War debt, [95]
War Investigating Committee, [258]
War production, [237], [247]
and private industry, [235-236]
War Production Board, [249], [277], [286]
Ward, J. C., [273], [277]
Warner, Ed, [104]
Warner, Seth, [118]
We, [104-108]
Webb, Lt. L. D., [78]
West Coast Aircraft War Production Council, [265], [269]
Westover, General, [213], [216]
Wheat, George S., [52], [67], [168], [185]
White, Capt. R. Drace, [8], [145-147]
Whiteside, Arthur D., [290]
Whiting, Kenneth, [21], [145-146], [151]
Wick, Skinny, [140], [147]
Wilbur, Curtis D., [64], [103-104]
Wiley, Admiral, [150]
Willgoos, Andy, [30], [55]
Williamson, Fred, [282]
Willis, Charles F., Jr., [307-308]
Willis Air Service, Inc., [307]
Wilner, Mort, [286]
Wilson, Charles E., [277], [286]
Wilson, Eugene E., address before Union League Club, Chicago, [254]
on Admiral Nulton’s staff, [151-159]
airplane crack-up of, [100-101], [186]
assigned to Langley, [111]
as author, [93], [287-289]
automobile accident to, [198]
education of, [2-4]
elected president of United Aircraft Corporation, [229]
at Great Lakes, [5-6]
on Hawaiian cruise, [122-128]
joins Pratt and Whitney, [198]
joins United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, [160]
made president, [178]
made senior vice-president, [182]
as Lindbergh’s technical adviser, [104-108]
made chief, Airplane Design Section, [93]
made chief, Engine Section, [9]
made president, Chance Vought Corporation, [164]
made president, Sikorsky, [164]
marriage of, [2]
before Murray Committee, [274]
on Panama maneuvers, [135-148]
at Pensacola, [82-92]
poem by, [83]
private office of, [226-227]
resignation from business, [289]
resignation from Navy, [158]
Wilson, Mrs., [2], [7], [27], [81], [92], [101], [109], [125], [158-159], [266]
Wilson, Woodrow, [247]
Wind tunnels, [188]
Wing flaps, [174]
Wing loading, [180]
Woodhead, Harry, [273], [277]
Woodring, Harry, [233]
Woolson, Capt. Lionel, [35], [42], [78]
World War I, [4], [14-16], [58], [95], [101], [115], [123], [208], [210], [213], [222], [246-247], [259], [266]
World War II, [168], [171], [178], [191-192], [194], [195], [209], [222], [246], [288], [295]
Wright, seaplane tender, [6], [22], [82], [84], [135]
Wright Aeronautical Corporation, [16-17], [29-32], [43], [50-52], [54-55], [73], [106], [153], [197-198], [238-239], [285]
fraud accusation against, [258]
wartime plant of, [252]
(See also Curtiss-Wright; Wright Martin)
Wright Apache, [73]
Wright brothers, [13-14], [113], [184], [308]
Wright engines, [77]
Cyclone, [49], [80], [193]
1510 two-row, [191]
Hispano E-4’s, [17], [30], [33], [43]
radial, [196]
P-1’s, [30]
P-2’s, [35], [49], [54]
(See also Wright Cyclone)
R-1200’s, [50], [54]
(See also Wright Simoon)
Simoon, [50], [54], [73]
T-3’s, [77]
Whirlwind, [49], [54], [78], [96], [99], [103], [107], [200], [286-287]
Wright Field, [191-192], [197-198], [217]
Wright Martin Aircraft Corporation, [16]
Y
Yarnell, Capt. Harry E., [136]
Young, James, [253]
Z
Zar, Capt. Marco, [190]
Zeppelins, [10]
Zeros, [192]