Word: aircrafters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...position necessitated, Germany continued the more aggressive. Last fortnight one of her reconnaissance planes appeared for the first time over Britain's industrial Midlands, flying low and streaking away from anti-aircraft and pursuit after traversing Manchester (textiles), Merseyside (ship-building), and North Wales (coal). Last week more Nazis penetrated Kent and Essex, passing close to London, some of them apparently to divert attention from mine-laying seaplanes at the mouth of the Thames. Repeated reconnaissance in the North culminated with a concentrated bomber flight which descended upon a detachment of the British Home Fleet somewhere near the Shetland...
...What a marvelous thing it is to be able to roll along in this train in perfect peace!" said one of the Premier's aides. "The last time I was on a train back in Poland enemy aircraft dived every 20 minutes and machine-gunned the train...
Before Munich the British Air Ministry cast its eye about for a source of Empire-built aircraft out of the reach of Hitler's bombers. The Ministry's eye fixed on Canada. The week before Chamberlain and Daladier signed away the life of Czecho-Slovakia, the Dominion got a new company: Canadian Associated Aircraft, Ltd. It was formed with Government blessing to coordinate aircraft orders from Britain. All its stock is held by six Canadian aircraft makers. The six: Canadian Car & Foundry Co., Fairchild Aircraft, National Steel Car Corp., Canadian Vickers, Fleet Aircraft, Ottawa Car & Aircraft...
...aircraft industry, Canadian Associated's orders, on the book and in prospect, would be nothing to go into a barrel roll over. (Seven U. S. builders have backlogs of over $20,000,000 each; two, over $60,000,000 each.) But the Canadian industry probably will have plenty to do in digesting the amount of business available...
Today Canadian aviation's chief problem is to tool its factories, to train workers to get into swift, economical production. In addition to the six companies owning Associated Aircraft, Canada has six lesser independents. But no Canadian plant employs more than 1,500 men (biggest U. S. employer: Martin, with 12,600) and no Canadian manufacturer is willing to expand his plant unless the expansion is underwritten by orders in hand...