Ethyl Corporation, 42
Ethylene glycol, 197
Экспортные разрешения, 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
Финлеттер, Томас К., 289–290
Finletter Board, 290, 293-294
Комиссия Финлеттера, отчет, 293–294
Fireside chat, on airplane production program, 229, 233
Fisher, Paul, 296
Five freedoms, 294
Fleet, Reuben, 43, 195, 202, 250
FLEET AIR (см. Авиационные эскадрильи Боевого флота)
Fletcher, Adm. Frank J., 61
Flight Manual, 87, 98
Летающие лодки, 248–249
Флинн, «Тини», 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
Франция, 205–208, 210–212, 218–219
declares war on Germany, 221
Fraser, Peter M., 264
Французская закупочная комиссия, 218–219, 224–225
Fuel, aviation, 42
Fuel pumps, 42
G
Gamble, Ted, 246
Gates, Artemus L., 277
«Дженерал электрик компани», 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
Гилман, «Поп», 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
Управляемые ракеты, 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
Хербстер, «Спиг», 113
Herron, Sam, 34
Хиллман, Сидни, 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
Хансекер, «Джерри», 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
Италия, 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
Комитет Джонсона, 296–297
Joliet, Illinois, 2, 6
Jones, Ed, 34
Джонс, Гарольд А., 298–299
Jorge Luro y Cia, Argentina, 189
Joyce, Temple, 74
Jugoslavia, 208
K
Kahn, Albert, 222
Кайзер, Генри Дж., 248–249
Kansas City, Missouri, 253
Kartveli, Mr., 195, 200
Kauffman, Freddie, 89
Кеннеди-Пурвис, вице-адмирал сэр Чарльз Э., 266–268
Кетчам, «Дикси», 91
Кеттеринг, «Босс», 110
Киз, К. М., 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
Лансинг, Раймонд П., 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
речь перед нацистами, 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
Лаури, Джимми, 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
Магнето, 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
Маркус, Чарльз, 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
торпедоносцы, SC, 77–79
torpedo bomber scouts, T4M’s, 104-106, 134, 140
Mason, Mr., 241
«Мейфлауэр», яхта, 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
«Меморандумы для дела», 39
Memphis, cruiser, 103, 106-108
Menasco Company, 154
Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 306
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 156, 160
Mines Field, 133
«Миссисипи», линкор, 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
для учебных целей, 214–215
Моффетт, контр-адмирал Уильям Адджер, 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
Моултон, Бобби, 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
Национальный консультативный комитет по аэронавтике, 232–233
Национальные воздушные гонки, Лос-Анджелес, 133–134
Philadelphia, 96
National Aircraft War Council, 269
National Association of Manufacturers, 242
«Национальная авиационная политика», 294
Нью-Йоркский Национальный городской банк, «Бюллетень», 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 (см. Служба военно-воздушного транспорта ВМС)
Военно-морские авиационные станции (см. названия станций, например Пенсакола)
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
нападение генерала Митчелла на, 58–61
growth of, 142
Гавайский поход, 121–125
лидерство в, 131–132
Панамские маневры, 135–148
procurement for, 66, 187
предлагаемое сокращение, 25–26
public relations for, 291
ВМС и морская мощь, 129–130
war schedule of, 241
(См. также Министерство ВМС США)
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, 187–191
SC, 77–79
T4M’s, 104-106, 134, 140
UO’s, 43, 48, 50, 117
(См. также типы самолетов, например Бомбардировщики)
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
Нобл, Уоррен, 33–34
Норден, Раймонд А., 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
Истребитель Нортропа-Воута, 191–193
sold to Japan, 192
Norway, 207
NRA, 273
Нултон, адм. Луис М., 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
«Старый Арк» (см. «Арканзас»)
Omaha, light cruiser, 136, 140, 143, 145
Oman, C. W. C., 250
OPNAV (см. Военно-морские операции)
Oregon, 112
P
Pacific air bases, 182
Pacific Northwest-Alaska carrier service, nonscheduled, 304
«Пасифик оверсиз эйрлайнз», 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
(См. также Клипперы)
Panama Canal, 1929 maneuvers at, 135-150
Parker, James S., 61
Parkes, John, 171
Parsons, Lt. Ralph M., 23, 38
Passion Play, Oberammergau, 7
Патенты, 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
Поуналл, «Болди», 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
стандартизация, 254–255
Wasp, 72-78, 98, 140, 154, 169, 187, 193, 196, 285
Wasp, Jr., 241
Wasp Major, 285
«Пратт уитни тул компани», 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
британский завод, 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
Истребители, 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
государственное субсидирование, 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
Рид, Сильванус, 155–156
Reed Propeller Company, 155
Ривз, контр-адмирал Джозеф М. (Булл), 111–112, 114–129, 131–133, 135–143, 145–146, 148, 151–152, 182–183, 193, 252
Reeves, Mrs., 118
Renegotiation, 246
Ренчлер, Фредерик Б., 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
Ройтер, Уолтер, 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
Ось Рим-Берлин-Токио, 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
(См. также Советский Союз)
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
«Си Коу», 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
Соперничество родов войск (см. Соперничество Армии и ВМС)
Seven Roman Statesmen, The, 250
Seversky, Alex P. de, 191, 199-200
«Шенандоа», дирижабль, 56–58
Шеппард, Эдгар У., 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
реорганизация, 176–179
(См. также Воут-Сикорский)
Sikorsky planes, amphibians, S-39’s, 167, 173
клипперы, S-40, 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
Соренсон, Чарльз, 239–240
Soviet, 296
(См. также Россия)
Southampton, light cruiser, 266
Southern California, wartime migration to, 272
Spaatz, Gen. Carl, 214, 292
Spark plugs, 42
Speer, Albert, 235
Speer, Genevieve, 2
(См. также миссис Уилсон)
Sperry Gyro Compass School, 74
«Дух Сент-Луиса», 103–106
Командиры эскадрилий, подбор, 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
Строхм, «Матчев», 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
Саймингтон, Стюарт, 292–293
T
Taxes, 95
excess profits, 245, 274
income, 160, 221, 227-228
Teal, sweeper, 122
Томас, «Вуди», 89
Three Musketeers, 134, 150
Three Sea Hawks, 134, 141, 150
Тиллингхест, «Тилли», 214
Time magazine, 265
Tomlinson, Tommy (“Injun Joe”), 126, 133-134, 150
Torpedo bombers, 22, 77-79, 97-98, 104-106, 140
Торпедоносцы, 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
(См. также Воздушный транспорт; Клипперы)
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
Профсоюзы (см. Рабочие профсоюзы)
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
лицензиаты, 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
(См. также Аннаполис)
Министерство ВМС США, Бюро аэронавтики (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
(См. также ВМС)
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
(См. также Армия)
Апэм, контр-адмирал Ф. Брукс, 81–84, 86–89
Апэм, мадам, 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
Ветераны и услуги воздушных перевозок, 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
Пикирующий бомбардировщик, SBU, 187–191
UO, 43, 48, 50, 117
Vought-Sikorsky Division, United Aircraft, 229
(См. также Чанс Воут Корпорейшн)
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
Военные контракты, 273–274
canceling of, 15-16, 237, 275, 286
escalator clause in, 250
War debt, 95
War Investigating Committee, 258
War production, 237, 247
и частная промышленность, 235–236
War Production Board, 249, 277, 286
Ward, J. C., 273, 277
Warner, Ed, 104
Warner, Seth, 118
«Мы», 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
Уиллис, Чарльз Ф.-мл., 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
в штабе адмирала Нултона, 151–159
airplane crack-up of, 100-101, 186
assigned to Langley, 111
as author, 93, 287-289
automobile accident to, 198
образование, 2–4
elected president of United Aircraft Corporation, 229
на Великих озерах, 5–6
в Гавайском походе, 122–128
joins Pratt and Whitney, 198
joins United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, 160
made president, 178
made senior vice-president, 182
в качестве технического советника Линдберга, 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
на Панамских маневрах, 135–148
в Пенсаколе, 82–92
poem by, 83
частный кабинет, 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
(См. также Кертисс-Райт; Райт Мартин)
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
(См. также Райт Циклон)
R-1200’s, 50, 54
(См. также Райт Симун)
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
Примечания транскриптора
стр. 5 Изменено: some thought, had helped pursuade на: some thought, had helped persuade
стр. 5 Изменено: one of the few battleships with an airpline на: one of the few battleships with an airplane
стр. 58 Изменено: wiley as the famous German Baron von Richtofen на: wiley as the famous German Baron von Richthofen
стр. 82 Изменено: while the old seaplane tender and kite-ballon на: while the old seaplane tender and kite-balloon
стр. 82 Изменено: this fault immediately they would loose на: this fault immediately they would lose
стр. 98 Изменено: But aften Don had produced a masterpiece на: But after Don had produced a masterpiece
стр. 103 Изменено: make capital of it by pursuading на: make capital of it by persuading
стр. 123 Изменено: during tactical exercises, using Voughts to stimulate на: during tactical exercises, using Voughts to simulate
стр. 155 Изменено: To match Tom Hamilton’s propellor-design на: To match Tom Hamilton’s propeller-design
стр. 159 Изменено: professional slaves to every officier на: professional slaves to every officer
стр. 184 Изменено: When the final account is cast up, Igor Ivanovitch на: When the final account is cast up, Igor Ivanovich
стр. 237 Изменено: It would take some doing to pursuade на: It would take some doing to persuade
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