The Naval Aircraft Factory, the American Aviation Industry, and Government Competition, 1919–1928

Bibliographic Data

ID9629368
AuthorsWilliam F Trimble (Trimble (Germany), corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume60
Issue2
Pages175-198
Publication date1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3115306
OpenAlexW2124830480
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

The economics of the American aircraft manufacturing industry have been determined in large measure by government aviation policies and the market for military airplanes. This was most apparent in the 1920s, when the industry suffered from sharply reduced military orders and an almost nonexistent demand for civilian aircraft. Struggling for survival, manufacturers singled out the Naval Aircraft Factory, a large navy-owned and run facility in Philadelphia, as at least partially responsible for the dislocation of their industry; they insisted that it and other forms of “government competition” be eliminated. Professor Trimble explores in this article how the ensuing controversy caused naval and civilian officials in the 1920s to develop policies that integrated the factory into naval aircraft procurement and helped to ameliorate the problems of private aircraft contractors

Aeronautics · Aircraft industry · Aviation · Business · Competition (biology · Crew · Factory (object-oriented programming · Government (linguistics · Navy · Political science · Procurement · Shipbuilding · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Engineering · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Marketing

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