A/C Manufacturing In The U.S.

Hi -

Can anyone point me to a source re:

....U.S. government efforts during WWI resulting in the pooling of U.S. patents relating to the manufacturing and sale of aircraft ???

Thanks -

Charlie Q.

[cameldriver]

These two books may have some of the type of information that you're looking for:
Sweetser The American Air Service, D. Appleton & Co., 1919
Crowell America's Munitions, Government Printing Office, 1919.
Good luck!
Bob

[cameldriver]

PS Here's one more:
Knappen Wings of War, Putnam, 1920

[Barrett]

I sorta recall a history of Curtiss-Wright that addressed the mandatory settlement of the patent feud during The Great War. Primarily it involved the continuing litigation betwixt the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss regarding ailerons. Interesting to note that the Wright Co. began replacing wing warping with ailerons in 1915....