A Detroit Dream of Mass-Produced Fighter Aircraft
The XP-75 Fiasco
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4025580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I B Holley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 578 |
| Publication date | 1987-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3104988 |
| OpenAlex | W2318199686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Before World War II, the aircraft industry in the United States was, in comparison to the automotive industry, a decidedly modest operation. As General Hap Arnold, who commanded the Army Air Forces throughout the war, once remarked, the aircraft industry on the eve of the war ranked somewhere down among the candymakers in annual dollar volume. As late as 1939, one of the largest airframe builders in the United States was turning out only three aircraft per day when foreign purchases gave him a large backlog of orders. By contrast, a typical Detroit auto manufacturer was turning out two or three cars a minute.2
Aeronautics · Dream · Aerospace Engineering · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Engineering · Environmental Science · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2014 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |